Hashem Soleman

“تحت تأثير الشغف , نتوقف عن الطعام والنوم والعمل وتكف حمائم السلام عن التحليق
فوقنا . ثمة ناس كثيرون يخافون من الشغف , لانه يدمر فى طريقه كل ما يتعلق بالماضى
ولا يرغب أحدآ منا فى رؤية عالمه منهارا . لذا يحاول الكثيرون السيطرة على الخطر
الذى يتهدد عالمهم ويتوصلون الى البقاء صامدين أمام العاصفة وهى فى أساسها اشبه
بالغبار . هؤلاء هم مهندسو الأشياء التى تخطاها الزمن .
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― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“He said something like that:
“In all languages in the world, there is the same proverb: ‘What the eyes don’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over.’ Well, I say that there isn’t any ounce of truth in it. The further off they are, the closer to the heart are all those feelings that we try to repress and forget. If we’re far from exile, we want to store away every tiny memory of our roots. If we’re far from the person we love, everyone we pass in the street reminds us of them.
At the end of the service, I went up to him and thanked him: I said I was a stranger in a strange land, and I thanked him for reminding me that what the eyes don’t see, the heart does grieve over. And my heart has grieved so much, that today I’m leaving.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes