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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“When in doubt, go to the library.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“قال لي سالم بيه: "أنت تقرأ كثيرا..أنت مجنون!" .. قلت له إن القراءة بالنسبة لي نوع رخيص من المخدرات. لا أفعل بها شيئاً سوى الغياب عن الوعي. في الماضي -تصور هذا- كانوا يقرءون من أجل إكتساب الوعي ! ..”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, يوتوبيا

“If I were reading a book and happened to strike a wonderful passage I would close the book then and there and go for a walk. I hated the thought of coming to the end of a good book. I would tease it along, delay the inevitable as long as possible, But always, when I hit a great passage, I would stop reading immediately. Out I would go, rain, hail, snow or ice, and chew the cud.”
― Henry Miller, Plexus

“Lorsque l'esprit des hommes te paraîtra étroit, dis-toi que la terre de Dieu est vaste, et vastes Ses mains et Son coeur. N'hésite jamais à t'éloigner, au delà de toutes les mers, au-delà de toutes les frontières, de toutes les patries, de toutes les croyances”
― Amin Maalouf, Leo Africanus

“لا أطلب قط من الله ان يجنبنى المصائب؛ أطلب إليه فقط أن يجنبنى القنوط. اطمئن، فعندما يتخلى الله عنك بيد يمسكك بالأخرى”
― أمين معلوف, Leo Africanus

“Don't be so timid! When you were a child, didn't you speak out the truth that the oldest ones kept secret? Well, you were right then. You must find the time of innocence in yourself again, because that was also the time of courage.”
― Amin Maalouf, Leo Africanus

“When a man is rich, whether in gold or in knowledge, he must treat the poverty of others with consideration.”
― Amin Maalouf, Leo Africanus

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« Souvent, les amants se tiennent par la main et rêvent ensemble de leur bonheur à venir. Mais, aussi longtemps qu’ils vivent, jamais leur bonheur ne sera plus grand qu’en cet instant où leurs mains se nouent et leurs rêves se mélangent. »”
― Amin Maalouf, Leo Africanus

“إن الله لا يُمسك عنّا فضله إلا حين نطلب ما ليس لنا أو ما لسنا له .”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, حديث القمر

“But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.”
― Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises