SALEM

“I hurried down into the orchestra. Rehearsals of other scenes began. But I saw nothing. I was too full of excitement, waiting for my turn. There is a good side to this period of waiting. It drives you into such a state that all you can do is to long for your turn to get through with the thing that you are afraid of.”
― Constantin Stanislavski, An Actor Prepares

“Death is boring. Life is much more fun. Things happen in life all the time. Unexpected things. Things you couldn’t possibly expect because they’re so very… unexpected.”
― Jessica Townsend, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

“Given all she has suffered, the God they told her was all she needed could not hold her faith intact. For any young person, if the deity she hears about is not manifested in the actions of the people who make up her world, the God-word turns into hypocrisy. If she does retain an image of God, it’s likely to be the vindictive moralizer who judges her mercilessly or the impotent sky phantom I rejected as a child.”
― Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

“ولكن الأمم الإسلامية تريد حفظ استقلالها بدون مفاداة ولا تضحية، ولا بيع أنفس ولا مسابقة إلى الموت، ولا مجاهدة بالمال، وتطالب الله بالنصر على غير الشرط الذي اشترطه في النصر٦ فإن الله — سبحانه — يقول: وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ اللهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُ،٧ ويقول: إِن تَنصُرُوا اللهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ.٨”
― شكيب أرسلان, ‫لماذا تأخر المسلمون؟ ولماذا تقدم غيرهم؟‬