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“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. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.”
― Conversations with James Baldwin
― Conversations with James Baldwin
“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”
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“I exist.’ In thousands of agonies — I exist. I’m tormented on the rack — but I exist! Though I sit alone in a pillar — I exist! I see the sun, and if I don’t see the sun, I know it’s there. And there’s a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“Read the best writers from all different periods; keep your reading of contemporaries in proportion - you do not want a steady diet of contemporary literature. You already belong to your time.”
― Essays One
― Essays One
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