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“The music of hope is everywhere, but to hear it, you need to ignore the muddy jangle of life's hassles.”
― Life Song
― Life Song
“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
“ﻟﻠﻤﺮﺃﺓ ﺣﻀﻮﺭ خفي .. لا يراه ويهتدي به إلا رجل متفتح عارف.
فهناك ﻧﻮﻉ ﺁﺧﺮ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺮﺟﺎﻝ .. ﺑﺪﺍﺧﻠﻬﻢ ﺣﻴﻮﺍﻥ ﻣﺤﺒﻮﺱ!
ليت هؤلاء ﻳﻘﻮّﻣﻮﻥ ﺃﻧﻔﺴﻬﻢ ﺃﻭﻻ ..
ليتهم يعرفون أن ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺒﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻔﻬﻢ ﻫﻲ ﻣﺎ ﺗﺠﻌﻠﻨﺎ ﺑﺸﺮﺍ ، ﺃﻣﺎ ﺍلشهوة ﻭﺍﻟﺤﻤّﻴﺔ .. ﻓﻼ !
فرﺑﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺃﺓ ﻧﻮﺭﺍ ﻣﻦ نور ﺍﻟﻠﻪ .. ﺭﺑﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺧﻼﻗﺔ ﻭﻟﻴﺴﺖ ﻣﺨﻠﻮﻗﺔ،
ﺭﺑﻤﺎ ﻫﻲ ﻟﻴﺴﺖ ﻣﺠﺮﺩ ﺫﻟﻚ ﺍﻟﺸﻜﻞ ﺍﻷﻧﺜﻮﻱ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻢ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﺗﺮﺍﻩ !”
―
فهناك ﻧﻮﻉ ﺁﺧﺮ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺮﺟﺎﻝ .. ﺑﺪﺍﺧﻠﻬﻢ ﺣﻴﻮﺍﻥ ﻣﺤﺒﻮﺱ!
ليت هؤلاء ﻳﻘﻮّﻣﻮﻥ ﺃﻧﻔﺴﻬﻢ ﺃﻭﻻ ..
ليتهم يعرفون أن ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺒﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻔﻬﻢ ﻫﻲ ﻣﺎ ﺗﺠﻌﻠﻨﺎ ﺑﺸﺮﺍ ، ﺃﻣﺎ ﺍلشهوة ﻭﺍﻟﺤﻤّﻴﺔ .. ﻓﻼ !
فرﺑﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺃﺓ ﻧﻮﺭﺍ ﻣﻦ نور ﺍﻟﻠﻪ .. ﺭﺑﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺧﻼﻗﺔ ﻭﻟﻴﺴﺖ ﻣﺨﻠﻮﻗﺔ،
ﺭﺑﻤﺎ ﻫﻲ ﻟﻴﺴﺖ ﻣﺠﺮﺩ ﺫﻟﻚ ﺍﻟﺸﻜﻞ ﺍﻷﻧﺜﻮﻱ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻢ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﺗﺮﺍﻩ !”
―
“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
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“While walking back to the highway I stop, choke back a sob, my throat tightens. "I just want to..." Facing the skyline, through all the baby talk, I murmur, "keep the game going." As I stand, frozen in position, an old woman emerges behind a Threepenny Opera poster at a deserted bus stop and she's homeless and begging, hobbling over, her face covered with sores that look like bugs, holding out a shaking red hand. "Oh will you please go away?" I sigh. She tells me to get a haircut.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho
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