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“الحُبُّ ليسَ حلماً
و ليسَ نسمةً
و ليسَ خاطرة..
الحُبُّ جسمٌ صُلبٌ
لهُ يدان و قدمان
لهُ رأسٌ يُفكّر و عيونٌ واسعة
لهُ موقفٌ من كلّ شأنٍ كان أمس
و من كلّ شأنٍ سيكون غداً
و هوَ ككلِّ الأجسام الصُّلبة
لا يمُرُّ من بابٍ مُغلق”
― Mourid Barghouti, استيقظ كي تحلم

“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is no true end to any fairy-tale): this joy, which is one of the things which fairy-stories can produce supremely well, is not essentially "escapist," nor "fugitive." In its fairy-tale -- or otherworld -- setting, it is a sudden and miraculous grace: never to be counted on to recur. It does not deny the existence of dyscatastrophe, of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance; it denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat and in so far is evangelium, giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy, Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien On Fairy-stories

“Why am I afraid to tell you who I am? I am afraid to tell you who I am, because, if I tell you who I am, you may not like who I am, and it's all that I have...”
― John Joseph Powell, Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am? Insights into Personal Growth

“You have listened to fears, Child,' said Aslan. 'Come, let me breathe on you. Forget them. Are you brave again?”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian