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“But a martyr isn't supposed to ask for gratitude.”
Sarabeth Purcell

“Hatırlamakta fayda var ki hiçbir şeye nişan almıyorsanız, vuramayacağınızdan emin olabilirsiniz!”
Tamer Demirdelen, İkna - Oyun Şimdi Başlıyor!

Agatha Christie
“It is a theory of mine,” I said, warming to my theme, “that we owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness—either enforced or voluntary. The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself—and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.
“Besides,” I went on, before Aimée could get in another sniff, “there is the artistic side.”
Agatha Christie, The Moving Finger

نجيب محفوظ
“أعرف ما يقال، ولا أُنكره، الوساطة .. القرابة .. الحزبية كل أولئك وما هو أشنع، ولكن الكفاءة قيمة لا يمكن تجاهلها كذلك، حتى أصحاب المراكز من غير ذوي الكفاءة يجدون أنفسهم في حاجة إلى من يغطي عجزهم من الأكفاء الحقيقيين”
نجيب محفوظ, حضرة المحترم

Dorothy B. Hughes
“Her smile was small but reassuring. “I’m not thinking of myself as a pillar. It’s just—I couldn’t stand the waiting anywhere else.”
Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man

Dorothy B. Hughes
“He understood and he appreciated but he didn’t tell her so. Because he couldn’t accept the intimacy which was rising between them. He couldn’t endure the knowing it must lead to nothing, no more than the finality of a good-bye, it’s been fun knowing you.”
Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man

Dorothy B. Hughes
“This meeting would be less dangerous than the ordeal with Ringle and Venner last night. Yet Hugh’s hands were icy and his heart leaden.”
Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man