“لو أدبه الشعب حين كذب كذبته الأولى لما عاد إلى الكذب مرة أخرى”
― جنة الشوك
― جنة الشوك
“There are some things you can’t learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.”
― The Violent Bear It Away
― The Violent Bear It Away
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