“عندما تتراكم الأعوام في عمر الإنسان، يبدأ بإدراك أن الوقت يفلت من بين يديه *”
― بقايا القهوة
― بقايا القهوة
“I love, I love beauty
and in it I worship my follies,
the ones I found on my own,
and the ones to which I was led”
― Adonis: Selected Poems
and in it I worship my follies,
the ones I found on my own,
and the ones to which I was led”
― Adonis: Selected Poems
“Too vast is Man and too imponderable his nature. Too varied are his
talents, and too inexhaustible his strength. Beware of those who
attempt to set him boundaries.Live as if your God Himself had need of
you His life to live. And so, in truth, He does.”
― The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
talents, and too inexhaustible his strength. Beware of those who
attempt to set him boundaries.Live as if your God Himself had need of
you His life to live. And so, in truth, He does.”
― The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
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