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Mohamed Elsharnouby
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
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“بنفسي فتى سهل الخلائقِ طيبٌ
يمازحُ دهراً عابساً لا يُمازح
ويُكثِر قول الشّعر في الحربِ لا الهوى
لأن الهوى لو قِيسَ بالحرب جارح
ففي كلّ حربٍ ثَمَّ حقٌ وباطلٌ
وفي الحبِّ لا هذا ولا ذاكَ واضحُ
فإن قال لا أهوى فليس بصادقٍ
وإن قال أهوى أخجلتهُ المذابحُ”
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يمازحُ دهراً عابساً لا يُمازح
ويُكثِر قول الشّعر في الحربِ لا الهوى
لأن الهوى لو قِيسَ بالحرب جارح
ففي كلّ حربٍ ثَمَّ حقٌ وباطلٌ
وفي الحبِّ لا هذا ولا ذاكَ واضحُ
فإن قال لا أهوى فليس بصادقٍ
وإن قال أهوى أخجلتهُ المذابحُ”
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“You see? There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant - (sighs deeply). Oh, fuck it.
-M. Gustave, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)”
― The Grand Budapest Hotel: The Illustrated Screenplay
-M. Gustave, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)”
― The Grand Budapest Hotel: The Illustrated Screenplay
“If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical.”
― Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
― Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
“So, here you are
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.”
― Questions for Ada
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.”
― Questions for Ada
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