“Maybe we're just born to love and worry about the people we know, and to go on loving and worrying even when there are more important things we should be doing. And if that means the human species is going to die out, isn't it in a way a nice reason to die out, the nicest reason you can imagine? Because when we should have been reorganising the distribution of the world's resources and transitioning collectively to a sustainable economic model, we were worrying about sex and friendship instead. Because we loved each other too much and found each other too interesting. And I love that about humanity, and in fact it's the very reason I root for us to survive - because we are so stupid about each other.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“أفكر في المجازات طوال الوقت، وأنا أصعد الدرج، وأنا استمع إلى أغنية، وأنا أغير ثيابي، وأنا أتحدث مع الغرباء، أسمي سعيي عطشًا لا ينفذ، ومحاولاتي خيوط دخان، وأيامي أوراقًا لشجر الخريف، أما قلبي، فطائرٌ دائمُ الترقب”
― الشاعر والقرصان
― الشاعر والقرصان
“لم يشعر أبداً بالفقر إلا اليوم.. إلا هذه الساعة.. عندما عرف أن أحلامه التي عذبته وأضنته وأنهكت قواه ، يستطيع غيره أن يحققها لأنه يستطيع أن يدفع ثمنها..”
― الخيط الرفيع
― الخيط الرفيع
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