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“We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract. Matter changes hands, atoms flow in and out, molecules pivot, proteins stitch together, mitochondria send out their oxidative dictates; we begin as a microscopic electrical swarm. The lungs the brain the heart. Forty weeks later, six trillion cells get crushed in the vise of our mother’s birth canal and we howl. Then the world starts in on us.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“Your problem, Werner,” says Frederick, “is that you still believe you own your life.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“اندم على ما مضى من تفريطك، واجتهد في لحاق الكاملين، ما دام في الوقت سعة، واسق غصنك ما دامت فيه رطوبة، واذكر ساعاتك التي ضاعت، فكفى بها عظة، ذهبت لذة الكسل فيها، وفاتت مراتب الفضائل”
― ابن الجوزي

“ومن ظلال الليل تخرج حقائق النهار”
― أوسكار وايلد, The Picture of Dorian Gray