Martha

“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren't opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that it's alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and doubt aren't opposites, they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners.”
― Rob Bell, What We Talk about When We Talk about God

“There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“الحق اقول الجميع يقهر الجميع فى مصر: الحاكم يقهر زبانيته و الزبانية تقهر الشعب .. الرجال يقهرون النساء و النساء يقهرن اطفالهن و الاطفال يقهرون الحيوانات.. وفى الواقع فإنه لا يوجد اكثر قسوة من الاطفال فى مصر .. و فى الوقت نفسه فالكل عطوف و حنون و يخدمك برموش عيونه..الجميع لايزالون -و برغم كل شئ -قادرين على الابتسام النابع من القلب و كأنهم يعيشون فى عالم اخرغير الذى نشأت فيه، معظمهم يقولون:"نحن بخير و الحمدلله". و الطريف فى الامر انهم يقصدون ذلك فعلاً، لا ادرى إذاكان تفاؤلهم هذا منبعه الايمان ام قلة الحيلة. ام ان السخرية و البسمة هما آخر سلاحين لهم ضد القهر و قسوة الحياة اليومية؟”
― حامد عبد الصمد, وداعا أيتها السماء