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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“أعلم أن هذا امتحانك لصبري وثباتي، لكنني أسألك ألا تطفئ كل الشموع في وجهي !

يا الله، اترك لي بصيص أمل أعيش به باقي أيامي.. فإنني قد وهنت.”
― خولة حمدي, في قلبي أنثى عبرية

“Sections in the bookstore

- Books You Haven't Read
- Books You Needn't Read
- Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading
- Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written
- Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered
- Books You Mean to Read But There Are Others You Must Read First
- Books Too Expensive Now and You'll Wait 'Til They're Remaindered
- Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback
- Books You Can Borrow from Somebody
- Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too
- Books You've Been Planning to Read for Ages
- Books You've Been Hunting for Years Without Success
- Books Dealing with Something You're Working on at the Moment
- Books You Want to Own So They'll Be Handy Just in Case
- Books You Could Put Aside Maybe to Read This Summer
- Books You Need to Go with Other Books on Your Shelves
- Books That Fill You with Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified
- Books Read Long Ago Which It's Now Time to Re-read
- Books You've Always Pretended to Have Read and Now It's Time to Sit Down and Really Read Them”
― Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

“There are many who don't wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don't wish to wake for the same fear.”
― Richelle Goodrich, Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“لا بيت لي .. غير رف بمكتبة !”
― عدنان الصائغ

“Ma fille, malheureusement, ou heureusement, tout le monde ne peut pas accéder au bonheur, que ce soit dans la vie ou dans une histoire. Le bonheur des uns engendre du malheur chez les autres. C'est triste, mais c'est ainsi...”
― Atiq Rahimi, The Patience Stone

“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“Becoming what you want to be is as simple as trying.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Cocktail

“Existence is the gift. Life is a choice.”
― Roshani Chokshi, A Crown of Wishes

“She was never able to talk about her secret with anyone around her. She has never found the proper words to describe it to others.. and even when she thought she did, the ones she used were never understood . But how could she blame anyone around her for not understanding something that confused her and kept her perplexed even though she lived it ?”
― Sahar Ayachi, The Orchid

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“مختبئة بين أعمدة الكتب وأقرأ، تحرسني أرواح الشعراء والفلاسفة، أصنع صداقات مع أبطال الروايات، وأعيش حيوات مفارقة.”
― بثينة العيسى, كبرت ونسيت أن أنسى

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
― Margaret Fuller

“Everyone smiles in the same language.”
― George Carlin

“Men looked so tragic when they cried.”
― Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil

“لأنَّ لهم دين، يظُّنون أنهم مُعفوْن من أن تكون لهم أخلاق.”
― أمين معلوف

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

“هؤلاء قوم كرهوا المجتمع فحق للمجتمع أن يبادلهم كرهاً بكره ، ولفظوه فحق له أن يلفظهم ، وأدانوه بالجاهلية فحق له أن يدينهم بالتعصب وانغلاق الذهن ، وخرجوا عليه فحق له أن يعاملهم بما اختاروه لأنفسهم ، معاملة الخارجين على الشريعة والقانون ، ووضعوا أنفسهم في موضع الأوصياء على الجميع ، وهم أولى الناس بأن يعاملوا معاملة المحجور عليهم ، وهم من قبل ومن بعد ، أساءوا للإسلام ذاته حين ادعوا عليه ما ليس فيه وأظهروا منه ما ينفر القلوب ، وأعلنوا باسمه ما يسئ إليه ، وأدانوه بالتعصب وهو دين السماحة ، واتهموه بالجمود وهو دين التطور ، ووصموه بالانغلاق وهو دين التفتح على العلم و العالم ، وعكسوا من أمراضهم النفسية عليه ما يرفضه كدين ، وما نرفضه كمسلمين .”
― فرج فودة, الحقيقة الغائبة

“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

- I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
- I shall fear only God.
- I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
- I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
- I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain