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“I have seen much of human beings over a long period, and I have learnt how little good to expect from them.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince

“The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject.”
― Amiri Baraka

“وإنى يا صغيرى عرفت فتاة كانت تحاول أن تكتم دموع عينيها... فاجهش قلبها فى تنهيدة !”
― Aya Taher

“Isabel, as she herself grew older, became acquainted with revulsions, with disgusts; there were days when the world looked black and she asked herself with some sharpness what it was that she was pretending to live for.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady