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“بين منطوق لم يُقصَد، ومقصود لم يُنطَق، تضيع الكثير من المحبة.”
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“People always talk about how hard it can be to remember things - where they left their keys, or the name of an acquaintance - but no one ever talks about how much effort we put into forgetting. I am exhausted from the effort to forget... There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.”
― Killer
― Killer
“لماذا أراكِ على كل شيءٍ
كأنّكِ في الأرضِ كل البشر
كأنّكِ دربٌ بغير انتهاءٍ
وأنّي خُلِقتُ لهذا السّفر
إذا كنتُ أهربُ منكِ إليكِ
فقولي بربّكِ أينَ المفر؟”
― شيء سيبقى بيننا
كأنّكِ في الأرضِ كل البشر
كأنّكِ دربٌ بغير انتهاءٍ
وأنّي خُلِقتُ لهذا السّفر
إذا كنتُ أهربُ منكِ إليكِ
فقولي بربّكِ أينَ المفر؟”
― شيء سيبقى بيننا
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
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“And after that, and also for each word, there should be sentences that show the twists and turns of meanings—the way almost every word slips in its silvery, fishlike way, weaving this way and that, adding subtleties of nuance to itself, and then perhaps shedding them as public mood dictates.”
― The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
― The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Sandy’s 2025 Year in Books
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