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“لم أطلب يداً تمسح دموع الفزع ولم أُوقظ أحداً ليعانقني كي أهدأ، علام يجب أن أكون ممنوناً؟ لقد عشت أسوأ اللحظات بمفردي.”
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“The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle—like getting to work on time or paying our taxes. If we have wider, existential fears, we jettison them very quickly, refocusing on simple tasks and daily trivialities.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“إنَّ جوهرَ العاطفة الدينية مستقلٌ عنْ جميعِ البراهين، وجميعِ الأفعالِ السيّئة وجميعِ الجرائمِ وجميعِ مذاهبِ الإلحاد. إنَّ في هذهِ العاطفة شيئًا لا يمكنُ أنْ تنالهُ أدلّةُ الملحدين في يومٍ مِنَ الأيام. وسيظلُّ الأمرُ على هذا النحوِ أبدَ الدّّهْر.”
― الأبله، الجزء الأول
― الأبله، الجزء الأول
“When swimming into a dark tunnel, there arrives a point of no return when you no longer have enough breath to double back. Your only choice is to swim forward into the unknown … and pray for an exit.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
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