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“August 2, 1914: Germany has declared war on Russia. Went swimming in the afternoon.”
― Franz Kafka

“لا يستيقظ في العزلة إلا ما هو كامن فينا أصلًا”
― حسين البرغوثي, سأكون بين اللوز

“سألت الشيخ عبد ربه:
كيف تنتهى المحنة التى نعانيها؟
فأجاب:
إن خرجنا سالمين فهى الرحمة، و إن خرجنا هالكين فهو العدل”
― نجيب محفوظ, أصداء السيرة الذاتية

“Sleep felt productive. Something was getting sorted out. I knew in my heart—this was, perhaps, the only thing my heart knew back then—that when I'd slept enough, I'd be okay. I'd be renewed, reborn. I would be a whole new person, every one of my cells regenerated enough times that the old cells were just distant, foggy memories. My past life would be but a dream, and I could start over without regrets, bolstered by the bliss and serenity that I would have accumulated in my year of rest and relaxation.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation