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“But however hard I tried, I believe now there would have remained something beyond my reach.”
― Klara and the Sun
― Klara and the Sun
“Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manner were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“همني أن أرى فتاة جادة وهي تحب، إذ أن انزلاق قدم وزير أضحك بكثير من انزلاق قدم بهلوان.”
― ثرثرة فوق النيل
― ثرثرة فوق النيل
“We’ve known for a long time that it was no longer possible to overturn this world, nor reshape it, nor head off its dangerous headlong rush. There’s been only one possible resistance: to not take it seriously.”
― The Festival of Insignificance
― The Festival of Insignificance
“I go to great lengths to be a good mother. I’m constantly revising my attitudes, which detracts from the spontaneity, and I will be judged for it in the future, there’s no doubt. You always do badly as a mother, if not because of this, then because of that. The guilt will always be there, no matter what.”
― Ten Women
― Ten Women
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