“الكسرة اللي في العين اللي ماحدش يعرف يوصل لها إلا إذا كان مات قبل كده أو جرب الموت قبل كده.”
― هيبتا
― هيبتا
“— Who dares, in front of Love, to mention Hell?
Curbed forever be that useless dreamer
Who first imagined, in his brutish mind,
Of sheer futility the fatuous schemer,
Honour with Love could ever be combined.
He who in mystic union would enmesh
Shadow with warmth, and daytime with the night,
Will never warm his paralytic flesh
At the red sun of amorous delight.
Go, if you wish, and seek some boorish lover:
Offer your virgin heart to his crude hold,
Full of remorse and horror you'll recover,
And bring me your scarred breast to be consoled...
Down here, a soul can only serve one master.
(Damned Women)”
― Les Fleurs du Mal
Curbed forever be that useless dreamer
Who first imagined, in his brutish mind,
Of sheer futility the fatuous schemer,
Honour with Love could ever be combined.
He who in mystic union would enmesh
Shadow with warmth, and daytime with the night,
Will never warm his paralytic flesh
At the red sun of amorous delight.
Go, if you wish, and seek some boorish lover:
Offer your virgin heart to his crude hold,
Full of remorse and horror you'll recover,
And bring me your scarred breast to be consoled...
Down here, a soul can only serve one master.
(Damned Women)”
― Les Fleurs du Mal
“Let yourself get carried away by the night from time to time. Look up at the stars and try to get drunk on the sense of infinity. The night, with all its charms, is also a path to enlightenment. Just as a dark well has thirst-quenching water at its bottom, the night, whose mystery brings us closer to the mystery of God, has a flame capable of enkindling our soul hidden in its shadows.”
― Adultery
― Adultery
“كلنا بلا استثناء بنلف في الدواير.. والدنيا تلف بينا!.. كل الناس والنباتات والحيوانات بيلفوا في دواير، لأن الدايرة هي الأسلوب العبقري في ضمان الاستمرارية وعدم التجديد.. كل حاجة مربوطة ببعضها قوي.. كل حاجة حصلت قبل كده ومش جديدة.. كلنا بنعيد نفس الأخطاء ومابنتعلمش من اللي قبلنا.. احنا اتخلقنا كلنا بسناريوهات محفوظة.. وكلها بتحصل لنا كلنا كأننا شخص واحد. المشكلة -أو العبقرية- أن ربنا خلق الدواير ديه أوسع مما يمكن لعقلنا الصغير أنه يدركها.. دايرة كبيرة قوي.. ماينفعش تركز في تفاصيلها أو تلمها، إلا لو عشت في دواير كتير قوي وفضلت فاكر تفاصيلها.. يمكن عشان كده ربنا خلقنا بننسى.. عشان لو مانسيناش.. محدش أصلا هيغلط!
.. م الآخر كده.. أنت داخل في دايرة.. والفرق بينك وبين اللي جنبك....
هو أنك تكسر أي حاجة في الدايرة ديه.. إنك تعرف تغير فيها.. أو على الأقل، تعرف أولها وآخرها عشان الغلطة تاني.”
― هيبتا
.. م الآخر كده.. أنت داخل في دايرة.. والفرق بينك وبين اللي جنبك....
هو أنك تكسر أي حاجة في الدايرة ديه.. إنك تعرف تغير فيها.. أو على الأقل، تعرف أولها وآخرها عشان الغلطة تاني.”
― هيبتا
“Optimism is contagious, he states.
If that were the case, all your would have to do is go to the person you loved with a huge grin, full of plans and ideas, and know how to present the package. Does it work? No. What is really contagious is fear, the constant fear of never finding someone to accompany us to the end of our days. And in the name of this fear we are capable of doing anything, including accepting the wrong person and convincing ourselves that he or she's the one, the only one, who God has placed in our path. In very little time the search for security turns into a heartfelt love, and things become less bitter and difficult. Our feelings can be put in a box and pushed to the back of the closet in our head, where it will remain forever, hidden and invisible.”
― Adultery
If that were the case, all your would have to do is go to the person you loved with a huge grin, full of plans and ideas, and know how to present the package. Does it work? No. What is really contagious is fear, the constant fear of never finding someone to accompany us to the end of our days. And in the name of this fear we are capable of doing anything, including accepting the wrong person and convincing ourselves that he or she's the one, the only one, who God has placed in our path. In very little time the search for security turns into a heartfelt love, and things become less bitter and difficult. Our feelings can be put in a box and pushed to the back of the closet in our head, where it will remain forever, hidden and invisible.”
― Adultery
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