Malakalshannaq

“It was as if, without realizing it, I had opened a door I had never known existed. That’s exactly what it felt like. From that moment on, I read relentlessly, one book after another. It was as if a love of reading had been sleeping somewhere deep inside me all this time, and then it suddenly sprang to life.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“1 نزلت عليه الحرية كالوحي فملأه يقينا لا سبيل إلى الشك فيه , أنه حر يفعل ما يشاء كيف شاء حين شاء , غير مذعن لقوة أو خاضع لعلة , لسبب خارجي أو باعث باطني. حل مسألة الإرادة في ثانية واحدة , وأنقذها بحماس فائق من وطأة العلل , وداخله شعور بالسعادة والتفوق عجيب , فألقى نظرة ازدراء على الخلق الذين يضربون في جوانب السبل مسيرين مصفدين لا يملكون لأنفسهم ضرا ولا نفعا , إذا ساروا لم يملكوا أن يقفوا , وإذا وقفوا لم يملكوا أن يسيروا ...

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إن انقضاء الليل والنهار يُنسي , ومن ينغمر في الدنيا يذهل على نفسه , وللحياة جلبة تبتلع همسات الضمير .”
― نجيب محفوظ, همس الجنون

“Most adults are just hollowed out. You watch them try to fill themselves up with booze or money or God or fame or whatever they worship, and it all rots them from the inside until nothing is left but the money or the booze or God they though would save them. Adults think they are wielding power, but really power is wielding them.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“If they hate your race,
pardon them.
If they hate your religion,
enlighten them.
If they hate your gender,
admonish them.
If they hate your class,
avoid them.
If they hate your politics,
debate them.

If they hate your culture,
question them.
If they hate your tribe,
confront them.
If they hate your ancestry,
defy them.
If they hate your age,
outshine them.
If they hate your appearance,
disregard them.

If they love you for your knowledge,
teach them.
If they love you for your wisdom,
counsel them.
If they love you for your understanding,
instruct them.
If they love you for your intuition,
guide them.
If they love you for your excellence,
inspire them.

If they love you for your humility,
honor them.
If they love you for your compassion,
welcome them.
If they love you for your honesty,
value them.
If they love you for your kindness,
treasure them.
If they love you for your virtue,
cherish them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo