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“ما أحلى الحياة حين تكون الامتحانات معضلتها الكبرى! بعد ذلك تتعقد الأمور”
― الحفيدة الأميركية
― الحفيدة الأميركية
“How can I explain to this woman—I thought—that from the age of six I've been a slave to letters and numbers, that my mood depends on the success of their combinations, that the joy of having done well is rare, unstable, that it lasts an hour, an afternoon, a night?”
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
“Truth is a straight line you sometimes need to curve, you should know that by now.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“There are more than a few people, especially among the cultural élite, who still publicly regret the fact that Germany sent Einstein packing, without realizing that it was a much greater crime to kill little Hans Cohn from around the corner, even though he was no genius.”
― Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
― Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
“He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as the raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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