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“There are certain memories that remain inviolate to the ravages of time. And to those of suffering. It is not true that everything is colored by time and suffering. It is not true that they bring everything to ruin.”
― Han Kang, 흰

“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

“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

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