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“To be ourselves we must have ourselves – possess, if need be re-possess, our life-stories. We must “recollect” ourselves, recollect the inner drama, the narrative, of ourselves. A man needs such a narrative, a continuous inner narrative, to maintain his identity, his self.”
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“فليتك تحلو والحياة مريرة
وليتك ترضى والأنام غضابُ
وليت الذي بيني وبينك عامر
وبيني وبين العالمين خرابُ
إذا صح منك الود فالكل هين
وكل الذي فوق التراب ترابُ”
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وليتك ترضى والأنام غضابُ
وليت الذي بيني وبينك عامر
وبيني وبين العالمين خرابُ
إذا صح منك الود فالكل هين
وكل الذي فوق التراب ترابُ”
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“he wanted to do, to be, to feel- and could not; he wanted sense, he wanted purpose- in Freud's words, 'Work and Love'.”
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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