Paul Thabet

“But even if we succeed in that part, we have a second problem, maybe bigger, in the weakness of international courts generally.” “Do you think they’re weak?” Tatiana gave Mary a sharp look, as if to say Please be serious. “Nations agree to them only if they like their judgments. But judgments always side with one side or other, so the losing side is never pleased. And there is no sheriff for the world. So, the US does what it wants, and the rest of us also do what we want. The courts only work when some petty war criminal gets caught and everyone decides to look virtuous.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future

“إذ لم يكن من المرغوب فيه أن يكون لدى عامة الشعب وعي سياسي قوي , فكل ما هو مطلوب منهم وطنية بدائية يمكن اللجوء إليها حينما يستلزم الأمر.”
― جورج أورويل, 1984

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different?”
― Anonymous

“A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul