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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“فقط أذكر أن الأمور كانت تسوء بلا انقطاع.. وفي كل مرة كان الفارق بين الوضع أمس واليوم طفيفاً، لذا يغمض المرء عينه كل ليلة وهو يغمغم: أهي عيشة .. مازالت الحياة ممكنة .. مازال بوسعك أن تجد الطعام والمأوي وبعض العلاج .. إذن فليكن غد .. ثم تصحو ذات يوم لتدرك أن الحياة مستحيلة، وأنك عاجز عن الظفر بقوت غد أو مأواه ..
متي حدث هذا ؟... تسأل نفسك فلا تظفر بإجابة ....”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, يوتوبيا

“The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to middle Earth.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones