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Marwa Ezzat

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Marwa’s Quotes

“Man accepts death but not the hour of his death. To die any time, except when one has to die!”
― Emil M. Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born

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“فلما غض الطرف عرف أن روحه هي التي تعلقت”
― رضوى عاشور, ثلاثية غرناطة

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“يشعر بأنه سجين في هذه البلاد. يشعر بالضيق, يعتصره الالم والوهن والمرض, وافكار السجناء الجنونية. لا عزاء يبعث في نفسه السرور. لانه مجرد عزاء هش, عزاء يعصف برأسه ليقاوم به حقيقة السجن القاسي .لو سأله احدهم عما يريده لن يعرف الاجابة, لان هي احد الادلة الدامغة على انه لا يعرف شيئا عن الحرية”
― فرانز كافكا

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“I heard the stories and registered them perhaps the way we all, from within our detailed lives, perceive facts--that is, we do not perceive them at all until they have been repeated countless times and, even then, understand them only partially. So much information is lost that every small loss provokes inexplicable grief. Power must know this. Power must know how fatigued human nature is, and how unready we are to listen, and how willing we are to settle for lies. Power must know that, ultimately, we would rather not know.”
― Hisham Matar, The Return

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“Once you pass a certain age, life becomes nothing more than a process of continual loss. Things that are important to your life begin to slip out of your grasp, one after another, like a come losing teeth. And the only things that come to take their place are worthless imitations. Your physical strength, your hopes, your dreams, your ideals, your convictions, all meaning, or then again, the people you love: one by one, they fade away. Some announce their departure before they leave, while others just disappear all of a sudden without warning one day. And once you lose them you can never get them back. Your search for replacements never goes well. It’s all very painful – as painful as actually being cut with a knife.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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