“She laughed. 'It won't last. Nothing lasts. But I'm happy now.'
'Happy,' I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception--especially the big ones like Happy and Love and Honest and Strong. They are too elusive and far too relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like Punk and Cheap and Phony. I feel at home with these, because they're scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence.”
― The Rum Diary
'Happy,' I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception--especially the big ones like Happy and Love and Honest and Strong. They are too elusive and far too relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like Punk and Cheap and Phony. I feel at home with these, because they're scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence.”
― The Rum Diary
“عندما يُسحق الانسان إلى درجة حرمانه من أشياءه الصغيرة والعادية في حياته اليومية، عندما يوضع في أمكنة لا تنتمي إليها روح الانسان ويُجرّد من كل شيء حتى من اسمه ويتحول الى رقم، فيما بعد يشعر لحظة استعادته لأبسط الاشياء أن الأقدار عادت لتبتسم له وتدب في خلاياه دماء الحياة.”
― حيونة الإنسان
― حيونة الإنسان
“And God said “Love Your Enemy,” and I obeyed him and loved myself.”
― The Broken Wings
― The Broken Wings
“نحن لا نتعود يا أبي إلا إذا مات شيء فينا، وتصور حجم ما مات فينا حتي تعودنا على كل ما حولنا.”
― حيونة الإنسان
― حيونة الإنسان
“Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in words don’t have much faith in them and I am no exception – especially the big ones like Happy and Love and Honest and Strong. They are too elusive and far to relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like Punk and Cheap and Phony. I feel at home with these, because they’re scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence.”
― The Rum Diary
― The Rum Diary
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