Salome

“نقول إننا بخير حتى لو كنا نحتضر. وهذا متعارف عليه بأنه استجماع للشجاعة،وهي ظاهرة لم تعرف إلا لدى البشر.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“Progress is not an illusion; it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.”
― Orwell

“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“He had come to life for maybe a minute to try to tell us something, something none of us cared to listen to or tried to understand, and the effort had drained him dry.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest