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“المشتركين فيه، ووجود اللبس الذي يدعو إلى اختلاف الظنون، ومثاله قصة عن أربعة في مقصورة قطار: فتاة حسناء، وامرأة عجوز، وكهل فرنسي، وضابط ألماني أثناء احتلال الألمان باريس. ودخل القطار نفقًا فسُمِع في المقصورة صوت قبلة وصفعة، ثم خرج القطار من النفق وهم صامتون وعلى وجه الضابط الألماني أثر صفعة، فقالت المرأة العجوز لنفسها: «ما أطهرها من فتاة!» وقالت الفتاة الحسناء لنفسها: «عجبًا له! يقبِّل العجوز ولا يقبِّلني؟» وقال الضابط الألماني: «يا له من فرنسي خبيث! غنم القبلة، وغنمت أنا الصفعة!» وقال الفرنسي: «لقد نجوت بها، قبَّلت ظاهر”
― عباس محمود العقاد, ‫جحا الضاحك المضحك‬

“This afternoon my husband Eric set big drop cloths in the backyard as an activity for them. He’s done this for years, laying out paints and brushes so they can have at it. He says it’s like therapy. A way to get out all your emotions. I panicked the first time I saw them throwing paint.”
― Jessica Simpson, Open Book

“Falling?” His bushy brows knit together as he finally turned his body toward Gwen. Her eyes focused for a brief moment on his gray wool hat. It looked soft. Something she wanted to reach out and touch, but she had no more control over her body than she had over the sunrise. It was separate from her. Uninterested in what she wanted. What she needed. Gwen was suddenly sorry she didn’t know this man’s name. Hadn’t bothered to learn anything about him in the last two months they’d been sitting beside each other.”
― Danielle Stewart, The Bend in Redwood Road

“And what made everything worse was he’d been semi-right. Not that I lacked experience, because I didn’t. I had more time on the water than every man on the team Weston had put together, including the members of the Coast Guard.”
― Riley Edwards, Weston's Treasure