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“Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

tags: a-monster-calls

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“the dark is empty;
most of our heroes have been wrong”
― Charles Bukowski

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“هؤلاء يوصلونك للحظة تسكت فيها من الاشمئزاز .. فيحسبون انهم انتصروا و افحموك ...”
― أحمد خالد توفيق

tags: life

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“Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch? How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour? How can an apothecary be evil-tempered but right-thinking? How can a parson be wrong-thinking but good-hearted? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen?

"I don't know," Connor shrugged, exhausted. "Your stories never made any sense to me."

The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day. You wanted her to go at the same time you were desperate for me to save her. Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

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“على الإنسان أن يتعوّد .
يجب أن يتعوّد على كُل شيء :
البرد ، الوحدة ، الضجر ، وتراءت لي كلمة هزيمة
كدّت أقولها ، لكنْ غصّة أقربُ إلى يدٍ ثقيلة حزّت رقبتي .”
― عبد الرحمن منيف

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