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“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
― John Green

“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that is wants to live humbly for one.”
― Wilhelm Stekel

“I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“People always clap for the wrong reasons.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“يهاجر الناس بسبب تفاقم القلق، بسبب الإحساس المقيت بأنه مهما عملوا بجد فلن يأتيهم بنتيجة، وأن مايعمرونه في سنة قد يدمره الآخرون في يوم. بسبب الإحساس بأن المستقبل مقفل، وأنهم إن دبّروا أمورهم فلن يتمكنوا من تدبير أمور أطفالهم. بسبب الإحساس بأن شيئا لن يتغير، وأن السعادة والازدهار ممكنان فقط في مكان آخر”
― يان مارتل, Life of Pi

“لكنني تركت مقعدي بينهم وجئت أكتب في ناحية، ومن مكاني أستطيع أن أرى مقعدي الفارغ في مكانه المناسب، موجود بينهم أكثر مما كنت أنا.”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“إن العمر خديعةٌ ، و إلا فكيف يمكن أن يكون عمري معك عمراً و عمري دونك عمراً أيضاً َ”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“أنت نبيّة هذا الظلام الذي أغرقتني أغواره الباردة الموحشة وأنا لا أحبك فقط ولكني أؤمن بك مثلما كان الفارس الجاهلي يؤمن بكأس النهاية يشربه وهو ينزف حياته، بل لأضعه لك كما يلي: أؤمن بك كما يؤمن الأصيل بالوطن والتقي بالله والصوفي بالغيب. لا. كما يؤمن الرجل بالمرأة”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“الخنساء لم تصب بالعمى لكثرة ما رثت أخوتها القتلى وبكتهم –كما هو شائع في كتب الأدب-ولكنها رثت قتلاها وبكتهم لأنها كانت (عمياء) منذ البداية! إنها لم تر في الموت غير الموت. إنها لخطيئة مميتة أن لا نرى في الموت غير الموت”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“Que aprendeu a árvore da terra
para conversar com o céu?

What did the tree learn from the earth
to be able to talk with the sky?”
― Pablo Neruda, The Book of Questions

“In one of those stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night. And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend...I shall not leave you.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Words are the source of misunderstandings.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.”
― Susan Sontag

“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”
― Susan Sontag

“I like talking to you,' he said, slowly.
'Why?' That was the way to hear nice things. Ask why.”
― Leila Aboulela

“I want
To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

“...They cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“She loved you in the morning because the day was new.”
― Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man

“You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful. ”
― Marjane Satrapi

“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride