P 59 Quotes

“Ainsi leur rencontre avait eu l'importance d'une aventure. Ils s'étaient, tout de suite, accrochés par des fibres secrètes. D'ailleurs, comment expliquer les sympathies? Pourquoi telle particularité, telle imperfection indifférente ou odieuse dans celui-ci enchante-t-elle dans celui-là? Ce qu'on appelle le coup de foudre est vrai pour toutes les passions. Avant la fin de la semaine, ils se tutoyèrent”
― Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard and Pécuchet

“West Side Story was a highly popular and successful musical play and now is a similarly well-received motion picture. (I would think that it could also be used shrewdly as a document for discussion in Sunday Schools, in place of some of the ridiculous curriculum materials now in use).”
― William Stringfellow, A Private and Public Faith

“Eskiden Araplardan nefret edenlerin yabancı düşmanlığından ve sömürgecilik özleminden şüphe edilirdi; bugün ise herkes modernite, laiklik, ifade özgürlüğü veya kadın hakları adına hiç vicdan azabı çekmeden onlardan nefret etme hakkını buluyor kendinde.”
― Amin Maalouf, Le Naufrage des civilisations