Kodeka

“We must take our sentences seriously, which means we must understand them philosophically, and the odd thing is that the few who do, who take them with utter sober seriousness, the utter sober seriousness of right-wing parsons and political saviors, the owners of Pomeranians, are the liars who want to be believed, the novelists and poets, who know that the creatures they imagine have no other being than the sounding syllables which the reader will speak into his own weary and distracted head. There are no magic words. To say the words is magical enough.”
― William H. Gass, The World Within the Word

“The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.”
― Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness

“التَّجارب الشخصية هي التي تصنع قِيمةً للأمَاكن، وإلَّا فالأماكِنُ في حَدِّ ذاتها جَمَاداتٌ، وجَمَالُها أو قُبحُهَا انعِكاسٌ للحَالةِ المزَاجيَّةِ والتَّركِيبةِ السِّياقيَّةِ للشَّخصِ الذي يَتَقاطَعُ مَعها”
― أحمد الحقيل, طرق ومدن

“Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring with you the moment you come into a room, that can't be manipulated or shaken. Without that sense of self, no amount of paper, no pedigree, and no credentials can make you legit. No matter what, you have to feel legit inside first.”
― Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness