There was something about him that Connie liked. He didn't put on airs to himself, he had no illusions about himself. He talked to Clifford sensibly, briefly, practically, about all the things Clifford wanted to know. He didn't expand or
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“Poor Connie! As the years drew on it was the fear of nothingness in her life that affected her. Clifford's mental life and hers gradually began to feel like nothingness. Their marriage, their integrated life based on a habit of intimacy, that he talked about: there were days when it all became utterly blank and nothing. It was words, just so many words. The only reality was nothingness, and over it a hypocrisy of words.”
― Lady Chatterley's lover
― Lady Chatterley's lover
“وحدها الأسئلة الساذجة هي الأسئلة الهامة فعلاً. تلك الأسئلة التي تبقى دون جواب. إن سؤالاً دون جواب حاجز لا طرقات بعده. وبطريقة أخرى: الأسئلة التي تبقى دون جواب هي التي تشير إلى حدود الإمكانات الإنسانية، وهي التي ترسم وجودنا.”
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“الأنظمة المجرمة لم ينشئها أناس مجرمون وإنما أناس متحمسون ومقتنعون بأنهم وجدوا الطريق الوحيد الذي يؤدي الى الجنة فأخذوا يدافعون ببسالة عن هذا الطريق ... ومن أجل هذا قاموا بإعدام الكثيرين ثم فيما بعد أصبح جليا وواضحاً أكثر من النهار أن الجنة ليست موجودة و أن المتحمسين كانوا مجرد سفاحين”
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“gods! It's just the same as Bolshevism. One has to be human, and have a heart and a penis if one is going to escape being either a god or a Bolshevist… for they are the same thing: they're both too good to be true.”
― Lady Chatterley's lover
― Lady Chatterley's lover
“One has to be human, and have a heart and a penis if one is going to escape being either a god or a Bolshevist… for they are the same thing: they're both too good to be true.”
― Lady Chatterley's lover
― Lady Chatterley's lover
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