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“The tales told by the dead are fundamentally different, because their stories are not told to conceal their wounds.”
― Yōko Tawada, Where Europe Begins

“about spirits or souls that were perfectly round once upon a time but had been split apart. For as long as they were separated they would search out their other half until they found it. That is how she imagined love:”
― Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies

“There is a distance that cannot be measured in kilometers or even in light years; it's the distance born from change.”
― Domenico Starnone, Lacci

“أفكر في المجازات طوال الوقت، وأنا أصعد الدرج، وأنا استمع إلى أغنية، وأنا أغير ثيابي، وأنا أتحدث مع الغرباء، أسمي سعيي عطشًا لا ينفذ، ومحاولاتي خيوط دخان، وأيامي أوراقًا لشجر الخريف، أما قلبي، فطائرٌ دائمُ الترقب”
― حمزة كاشغري, الشاعر والقرصان