Mallik

“أقصى درجات السعادة هو أن نجد من يُحبنا فعلاً ، يُحبنا على ما نحن عليه .. أو بمعنى أدق يُحبنا برغم ما نحن عليه.”
― نجيب محفوظ

“North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that offers endless possibilities. Choosing where to live, what to do, even which clothes to put on in the morning is tough enough for those of us accustomed to making choices; it can be utterly paralyzing for people who’ve had decisions made for them by the state their entire lives.”
― Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

“There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.”
― Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

“Little girls. They could melt the toughest hearts.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven