Hala

“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.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“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?”
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

“إن الأشياء الصغيرة هي التي لها أكبر شأن وأعظم خطر! هذه هي الحقيقة، إن أشياء صغيرة كهذه القبعة هي التي تفسد كل شيء في آخر الأمر دائما”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, الجريمة والعقاب 1

“لا يكفي أن يكون المرء ذكيًا حتى يتصرف بذكاء.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment