Kikoi

“There is no hypocrisy so great as the words which we say to ourselves, "I wish to know the worst!" At heart we do not wish it at all. We have a dreadful fear of knowing it. Agony is mingled with a dim effort not to see the end. We do not own it to ourselves, but we would draw back if we dared; and when we have advanced, we reproach ourselves for having done so.”
― Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs

“اذا قرات روايات واقاصيص شديدة الاغراق في الانفلات او ذهبت الى المسرح الفرنسي وعدت وتحدثت عما شاهدته فانك ستلاقي التشجيع والاطراء وعندما تتحدث عن الحقيقة والفقر والثراء ومشكلات المزراعين لوجد سامعوك كلامك سخيفا وشاذا”
― Leo Tolstoy, Resurrection

“Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.”
― Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs

“When Mother smiled, no matter how nice her face had been before, it became incomparably nicer and everything around seemed to brighten up as well.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth