Linda said:
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Obreht is an interesting young author. The work itself is astounding in the way a debut novel can be, very curious to finish my reading and then form an opinion.
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“وإذا كان لكل قرية ولكل مكان ذاكرة وقلب، فإن المدن الكبيرة، خاصة التي تتكون وتتغير بسرعة، تفقد ذاكرتها وتتعلم القسوة بإتقان”
― الأخدود
― الأخدود
“But can I really will anything? At this moment I feel the pleasure of being stone, the sun warms me, the wind makes acceptable this adjustment of my body, I have no intention of ceasing to be a stone. Why? Because I like it. So then I too am slave to a passion, which advises me against wanting freely its opposite. However, willing, I could will. And yet I do not. How much freer am I than a stone?”
― The Island of the Day Before
― The Island of the Day Before
“السجن فقط ليس الجدران الأربعة، وليس الجلاد فقط أو التعذيب ، إنه بالدرجة الأولى : خوف الإنسان ورعبه ، حتى قبل أن يدخل السجن ، وهذا بالضبط مايريده الجلاد ، وما يجعل الإنسان سجيناً دائماً”
― الآن هنا.. أو شرق المتوسط مرة أخرى
― الآن هنا.. أو شرق المتوسط مرة أخرى
“Here we are! Shooting stars. Shooting stars? They burn. Fleeting glimpse. We become human as we fall.”
― Willow Trees Don't Weep
― Willow Trees Don't Weep
“You don't liberate a country standing on the soil of another.”
― Willow Trees Don't Weep
― Willow Trees Don't Weep
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