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“Order for order's sake castrates man of his essential power, which is to transform both the world and himself. Life creates order, but order does not create life.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Letter to a Hostage

“ستنتهي الحرب ويتصافح القادة وتبقى تلك العجوز، تنتظر ولدها الشهيد وتلك الفتاة، تنتظر زوجها الحبيب وأولئك الأطفال، ينتظرون والدهم البطل لا أعلم من باع الوطن! ولكنني رأيتُ من دفع الثمن”
― محمود درويش

“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important.”
― James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin