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“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.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“The only thing greater than the power of the mind is the courage of the heart”
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“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.”
― What We Talk about When We Talk about God
― What We Talk about When We Talk about God
“I'm in love with you," he said quietly.
"Augustus," I said.
"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
"Augustus," I said.
"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
― 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؟”
― وداعا أيتها السماء
― وداعا أيتها السماء
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