“ستنتهي الحرب ويتصافح القادة وتبقى تلك العجوز، تنتظر ولدها الشهيد وتلك الفتاة، تنتظر زوجها الحبيب وأولئك الأطفال، ينتظرون والدهم البطل لا أعلم من باع الوطن! ولكنني رأيتُ من دفع الثمن”
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“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“The end of an unclouded day. Almost a happy one. Just one of the 3,653 days of his sentence, from bell to bell. The extra three were for leap years.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
“Shukhov gazed at the ceiling in silence. Now he didn't know whether he wanted freedom or not. At first he'd longed for it. Every night he'd counted the days of his stretch—how many had passed, how many were coming. And then he'd grown bored with counting. And then it became clear that men like him wouldn't ever be allowed to return home, that they'd be exiled.”
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
“But food gulped down is no food at all; it’s wasted; it gives you no feeling of fullness.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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