“ولكنها الحياة، حياة واحدة، فإما أن نتجاهل قسوتها لنسعد، وإما أن نلهث وراءها كالكلاب حتى نفقدها...”
― حبيبتي بكماء
― حبيبتي بكماء
“أنحن من نجني على أنفسنا بالشتات ثم نلقي باللوم على غيرنا في محاولة لتخفيف الألم على قلوبنا؟ أنحن من نهلك انفسنا بالحزن والبكاء ثم نقول أنه لولا فلان لما حزنا ولا بكينا؟ أنحن من نرهق قلوبنا بالحب ونجعلها تتكيف على صباحاته ولياليه ثم نهلع ونضجر من كل صباح و مساء لا نرى فيه من نحب؟ أنحن العشاق من نخون؟ أم أن هنالك اشخاصا اخرين يحركون اجسادنا وقلوبنا في دقائق الخيانة؟ وكيف للعاشق أن يخون ثم يعود طاهرا؟ كيف للعاشق أن يحب..ولا يخون؟”
― حبيبتي بكماء
― حبيبتي بكماء
“And I saw myselt just as I was now fifteen years hence, only grown older, is the same room, living the same sort of solitary life, with the same Matryona, who had not grown a bit wiser in all those years.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“I love you so, because you haven't fallen in love with me. Another man in your place would, I'm sure, have begun to pester me, to worry me. He would have been sighing, he would have looked so pathetic, but you're so sweet!”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“Jia, who said to me: “It was surprising how easy it was to get a yes. I realized how many opportunities I missed because I was afraid of people rejecting me, but I was just rejecting myself.”
― How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
― How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
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