Abdelghani Benamara

“Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
― James Joyce, The Dead

“The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy. Katczinsky said that was a result of their upbringing. It made them stupid. And what Kat said, he had thought about.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

“والمـال إن لم تدخره محصنا بالعلــم كـان نهايـة الإمـــــلاق
والعلــم إن لم تكتنفه شمائــل تعليه كان مطيـــة الإخـفــــاق
لا تحسبن العلــم ينفع وحـــده مـا لم يتـوج ربــــه بخــــــلاق
من لي بتربية النساء فإنهــــا في الشرق علة ذلك الإخفــــاق
الأم مــدرسـة إذا أعــددتـهـــا أعـددت شعبا طيب الأعــراق
الأم روض إن تعهــده الحيـــا بالـــريّ أورق أيمـــا إيــــراق
الأم أستــاذ الأساتــذة الألــــى شغلت مآثرهم مدى الآفـــــاق”
― حافظ إبراهيم

“I myself have always, since that day, felt it my duty to give alms to murderers in Eastern lands.”
― Marmaduke William Pickthall, Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6