Mona

“Here’s what I want you to understand. You can’t trust the voice in your
head—the one that’s talking to you all the time. It’s more often wrong than
right. You can think of this trick as learning to turn the volume way down and
eventually turning it off altogether. Then you’ll understand what I’m talking
about.”
― James R.Doty

“كنت اشعر بدافع يحثني على ان ابدأ العيش.أعيش حياتي الحقة؟
حتى لو كان عليها أن تكون تنكرا خالصا, وليست حياتي على الأطلاق, فقد حان الوقت رغم ذلك, لأن أبدا, ويجب أن أجرّ قدمي الثقيلتين إلى الأمام”
― يوكيو ميشيما, Confessions of a Mask

“الشخصية الرومانسية مشبعة بشكل خفي في العقلانية,وغالباً ما تؤدي هذه الحقيقة
إلى الفعل الاأخلاقي المسمى أحلام اليقظة.
وبعكس الاعتقاد الشائع في أحلام اليقظة ليست عملية عقلية بل الأحرى انها هرب من العقلانية”
― يوكيو ميشيما, Confessions of a Mask

“But I will tell you one of the most important secrets,” said Neil. “You
have to believe in your own magic. This is what makes a magician great. He
believes the story he is telling to the audience, he believes in himself. It’s not
about the illusions, or the applause, or any sleight of hand. It’s about the
magician’s ability to believe in himself and his ability to have the audience
believe in him. A trick is never done at the expense of the audience. Magic
isn’t a hustle or a con. A real magician transports the audience to a world
where anything is possible, everything is real, and the unbelievable becomes
believable”
― James R.Doty