Noha Talaat

“هل تعلمون ما معني أن الله موجود؟ معناه أن العدل موجود والرحمة موجودة والمغفرة موجودة. معناه أن يطمئن القلب وترتاح النفس ويسكن الفؤاد ويزول القلق فالحق لابد واصل لأصحابه. معناه.. لن تذهب الدموع سدي ولن يمضي الصبر بلا ثمرة ولن يكون الخير بلا مقابل ولن يمر الشر بلا رادع ولن تفلت الجريمة بلا قصاص. معناه أن الكرم هو الذي يحكم الوجود وليس البخل.. وليس من طبع الكريم أن يسلب ما يعطيه.. فإذا كان الله منحنا الحياة فهو لا يمكن أن يسلبها بالموت.. فلا يمكن أن يكون الموت سلباً للحياة.. وإنما هو انتقال بها إلي حياة أخري بعد الموت ثم حياة أخري بعد البعث ثم عروج في السموات إلي مالا نهاية.”
― مصطفى محمود, علم نفس قرآني جديد

“عاشر الزمان وجها لوجه بلا شريك. بلا ملهاة ولا مخدر. واجهه في جموده وتوقفه وثقله. إنه شيء عنيد ثابت كثيف وهو الذي يتحرك في ثناياه كما يتحرك النائم في كابوس. إنه جدار غليظ مرهق متجهم. غير محتمل إذا انفرد بمعزل عن الناس والعمل. كأننا لا نعمل ولا نصادق ولا نحب ولا نلهو إلا فرارا من الزمن. الشكوى من قصره ومروره أرحم من الشكوى من توقفه.”
― نجيب محفوظ, الحرافيش

“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.

First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.

Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.

Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.

Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love