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ديوان المتنبي

by أبو الطيب المتنبي

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Feb 16, 2026 05:44PM

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Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami

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The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

by Michael Easter (Goodreads Author)

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"A collective 70-plus percent of us are too heavy. Nearly a third of us now have diabetes or prediabetes, and 40 million have mobility problems that hinder them from getting from point A to point B. Heart disease kills a quarter of us. These are all medical issues that were essentially nonexistent until the 20th century. People are also suffering from 'diseases of despair' depression, anxiety, addiction, and suicide." — Feb 18, 2026 12:39PM

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Mahmoud’s Quotes

“كم هو رحيم / أن السلحفاة لا ترى / كيف يطير العصفور الصغير بسهولة. ((كم هو رحيم))؛ عبارة واحدة، تغمرني كحلم كثيف، كذكرى بعيدة حانية؛ هذا كل ما يكفي ليجدّد قواي أحياناً.”
― عزيز محمد, .الحالة الحرجة للمدعو ك

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“as we experience fewer problems, we don’t become more satisfied. We just lower our threshold for what we consider a problem.”
― Michael Easter, The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

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“هذا كل ما يتطلّبه الأمر، لحظة تافهة كهذه، يدرك المرء بعدها، للمرة الأولى وللأبد، عناءَ أن يكونَ نفسه.”
― عزيز محمد, .الحالة الحرجة للمدعو ك

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“-- ولأنه لا يوجد وحي في عصرنا فلم يبق لأمثالك إلا التسول!
-- التسول! في الليل والنهار... في القراءة المجدبة والشعر العقيم.. في الصلوات الوثنية في باحات الملاهي الليلية. في تحريك القلب الأصم بأشواك المغامرات الجهنمية.”
― نجيب محفوظ, الشحاذ

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“نحن نحلم بالراحة دائمًا، ولكن لا راحة مع الحياة.”
― نجيب محفوظ, حديث الصباح والمساء

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