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“هكذا إنتهت محجتى إلى ذلك الوطن الزائل الذى كانت تمثله هذه الجزيرة المضيافة لأهلى”
― Amin Maalouf, Orígenes

“Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion”
― Khushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan

“Once she was face to face with the people who led the way their silence was unnerving. No one seemed to speak. They looked right through her as though she didn't exist. They were like sleepwalkers. She stood aside to let them pass. One by one they went by, old, young, the lame, the wounded, children, pregnant women, eyes staring ahead or fixed to the ground. One thing they all shred, apart from a look of fear, was a sense of resignation. There was vacancy in their expression, as though all emotion had been wiped out of them.”
― Victoria Hislop, The Return

“فزواج جدى وجدتى كان بمثابة اللقاء غير المرجح بين تقليدين مختلفين , الأول يقوم على الصرامة , والثانى يقوم على غرابة الأطوار. جدولان تعانقا ولم يمتزج أحدهما بالأخر . ولدى وفاة بطرس باكرا نضب فجأة أحد الجدولين أو بالأحرى أصبح جوفيا. وقد استغرق ادراكى لإزدواجية أهلى بعض الوقت : فتحت هذه الصرامة ثمة غليان يشارف على الجنون فى أغلب الأحيان.”
― Amin Maalouf, Orígenes