“Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.”
― Leo Africanus
― Leo Africanus
“ليس هناك أبرياء أنقياء بشكل كامل، ولا مجرمين كاملين.”
― فرانكشتاين في بغداد
― فرانكشتاين في بغداد
“To be ourselves we must have ourselves – possess, if need be re-possess, our life-stories. We must “recollect” ourselves, recollect the inner drama, the narrative, of ourselves. A man needs such a narrative, a continuous inner narrative, to maintain his identity, his self.”
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.”
― Waiting for Godot
― Waiting for Godot
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