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“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.”
― Judith Butler

“...new prejudices will serve as well as old ones to harness the great unthinking masses.

For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required but freedom, and indeed the most harmless among all the things to which this term can properly be applied. It is the freedom to make public use of one's reason at every point. But I hear on all sides, 'Do not argue!' The Officer says: 'Do not argue but drill!' The tax collector: 'Do not argue but pay!' The cleric: 'Do not argue but believe!' Only one prince in the world says, 'Argue as much as you will, and about what you will, but obey!' Everywhere there is restriction on freedom.”
― Immanuel Kant, An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?

“ لو أغلقت علىّ أربعة جدران عالية مع رجل لا أريد أن أعطيه لمسة واحدة من يدي فلن أعطيه .. وإذا أردت أن أعطي الرجل نفسي فسوف أعطيها له أمام العالم دون تلصص أو اختلاس”
― نوال السعداوي, مذكرات طبيبة

“أَمشي خفيفاً لئلاَّ أكسر هشاشتي. وأَمشي
ثقيلاً لئلاَّ أَطير. وفي الحالين تحميني
الأرض من التلاشي في ما ليس من صفاتها!”
― محمود درويش