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“All's well that ends well.'
'Assuming there's an end somewhere,' Aomame said.
Tamaru formed some short creases near his mouth that were faintly reminiscent of a smile. 'There has to be an end somewhere. It's just that nothing's labeled "This is the end." Is the top rung of a ladder labeled "This is the last rung. Please don't step higher than this'?"
Aomame shook her head.
'It's the same thing,' Tamaru said.
Aomame said, 'If you use common sense and keep your eyes open, it becomes clear enough where the end is.'
Tamaru nodded. 'And even if it doesn't' -- he made a falling gesture with his finger -- 'the end is right there.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.”
― Henry Austin Dobson

“everything is relative, one man’s absolute belief is another man’s fairy tale;”
― Salman Rushdie, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

“- ليس هناك أي فرق بين غرفة المكتب الدافئة و المريحة و هذا العنبر . ان سكينة الانسان و رضاه ليست خارجه , بل في داخله .
- ماذا تقصد؟
- الانسان العادي ينتظر الامور الطيبة او السيئة من الخارج , أي من العربة و غرفة المكتب , اما الانسان المفكر فينتظرها من داخل نفسه..
-”
― أنطون تشيخوف, El pabellón