“Έτσι ακριβώς ανθεί η συγγνώμη, όχι δηλαδή με λόγια και φανφάρες, αλλά με τον πόνο να μαζεύει τα πράγματα του, να τα πακετάρει και να φεύγει μακριά και απροειδοποίητα μέσα στη νύχτα!”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“Nearly every book has the same architecture--cover, spine, pages--but you open them onto worlds and gifts far beyond what paper and ink are, and on the inside they are every shape and power. Some books are toolkits you take up to fix things, from the most practical to the mostmysterious, from your house to your heart, or to make things, from cakes to ships. Some books are wings. Some are horses that run away with you. Some are parties to which you are invited, full of friends who are there even when you have no friends. In some books you meet one remarkable person; in others a whole group or even a culture. Some books are medicine, bitter but clarifying. Some books are puzzles, mazes, tangles, jungles. Some long books are journeys, and at the end you are not the same person you were at the beginning. Some are handheld lights you can shine on almost anything.”
― A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader
― A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader
“Άμα στη χαραματιά που άνοιξες στην πόρτα της ψυχής σου χωρά να διαβεί βελόνι, αύριο θα χωρά το χέρι που θα την ανοίξει διάπλατα. Και θα 'ναι για καλό ή για κακό. Μα ποιος ημπορεί να το γνωρίζει αποξαρχής; Και μήπως η ψυχή δεν ανοίγει μονάχη της χαραγματιές;”
― Σέρρα, η ψυχή του Πόντου
― Σέρρα, η ψυχή του Πόντου
“Η ζωή σου φέρνει στην πόρτα τους κατάλληλους ανθρώπους την κατάλληλη στιγμή”
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“Libraries have always been mysterious, almost mystical places to me. There’s something about the sheer vastness of them, the seemingly infinite number of books they protect and keep, that inspires a sense of wonder, making each visit feel like a quest for ancient secrets. Whenever I step into one, I always wander the stacks, choosing books by some invisible pull rather than by the author’s name or the catalog. It’s not efficient, but I can’t help it. It feels more magical this way.”
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