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"He had expected his dismissal and in some ways he welcomed it; but for a moment after it happened he had a twinge of panic. It was as if the last tie between himself and the old life had been cut." — May 24, 2024 05:40PM
"He had expected his dismissal and in some ways he welcomed it; but for a moment after it happened he had a twinge of panic. It was as if the last tie between himself and the old life had been cut." — May 24, 2024 05:40PM
“I resolved that at 30 I would know more about poetry than any man living,
that I would know what was accounted poetry everywhere, what part of poetry
was "indestructible," what part could not be lost by translation and—scarcely less
important—what effects were obtainable in one language only and were utterly
incapable of being translated.”
― Collected Early Poems
that I would know what was accounted poetry everywhere, what part of poetry
was "indestructible," what part could not be lost by translation and—scarcely less
important—what effects were obtainable in one language only and were utterly
incapable of being translated.”
― Collected Early Poems
“The mind, as well as the body, has its needs: those of the body are the basis of society, those of the mind its ornaments”
― Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts and Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men
― Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts and Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men
“لهذا عليّ أن أعود
إلى أماكن كثيرة آتية
لألتقي بي
وأتفحصني دون توقف.
دون شاهد سوى القمر،
ثم لأصفّر بسعادة
واطئاً أحجاراً وأتربة.
دون مهمة أخرى سوى الحياة.
ودون أسرة سوى الطريق”
―
إلى أماكن كثيرة آتية
لألتقي بي
وأتفحصني دون توقف.
دون شاهد سوى القمر،
ثم لأصفّر بسعادة
واطئاً أحجاراً وأتربة.
دون مهمة أخرى سوى الحياة.
ودون أسرة سوى الطريق”
―
“She was, quite simply, a nice lady who'd raised a family and now lived quietly with her cats and grew vegetables. This was both nothing and everything.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“I kept every letter - only to be reminded of the wrong words can cause (to the heart).”
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دودة كتب / Doodet Kutob
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