

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment

“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving

“ إن الحرية عبء ثقيل على الشعوب التي لم تحضرها نخبتها لتحمل مسؤوليات استقلالها ”
― من أجل التغيير
― من أجل التغيير

“Clocks and calendars do not exist to remind us of the Time we've forgotten but to regulate our relations with others and indeed all of society, and this is how we use them.”
― The Museum of Innocence
― The Museum of Innocence

“I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.”
― My Name Is Red
― My Name Is Red
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