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“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
― Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
― Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
“Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.”
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“And among His wonders is this: He creates for you mates out of your own kind so that you might incline towards them, and He engenders love and tenderness between you: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think.”
― القرآن الكريم
― القرآن الكريم
“Here is a boy who was waiting to be punished. But then, unexpectedly, he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colors, full of delightful prospects. Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle. But suddenly the luck has changed. There is news! The war is over and everyone bursts out singing! He will go home after all! The sparrows in the plowland were crouching in terror of the kestrel. But she has gone; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow, frisking, chattering and perching where they will.”
― Watership Down
― Watership Down
“Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
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