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"لا شك أن كل الناس يحتاجون الطعام، وهم يحتاجون أيضًا إلى الحب والحنان، لكن هناك شيء آخر نحتاجه كلنا: هو أن نعرف من نحن؟ ولماذا نعيش؟" — Aug 03, 2020 03:43PM
"لا شك أن كل الناس يحتاجون الطعام، وهم يحتاجون أيضًا إلى الحب والحنان، لكن هناك شيء آخر نحتاجه كلنا: هو أن نعرف من نحن؟ ولماذا نعيش؟" — Aug 03, 2020 03:43PM
“الولاء المطلق يعني انعدام الوعي.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Where I'm living is not a storybook world. It's the real world, full of gaps and inconsistencies and anticlimaxes.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“People who's freedom is taken away always end up hating somebody. Right? I know I don't want to live like that.”
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation. Genes don't think about what constitutes good or evil. They don't care whether we are happy or unhappy. We're just means to an end for them. The only thing they think about is what is most efficient for them.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“That backpack's like your symbol of freedom," he comments.
"Guess so," I say.
"Having an object that symbolizes freedom might make a person happier than actually getting the freedom it represents."
"Sometimes," I say.
"Sometimes," he repeats. "You know, if they had a contest for the world's shortest replies, you'd win hands down."
"Perhaps."
"Perhaps," Oshima says, as if fed up. "Perhaps most people in the world aren't trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It's all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real bind. You'd better remember that. People actually prefer not being free.”
― Kafka on the Shore
"Guess so," I say.
"Having an object that symbolizes freedom might make a person happier than actually getting the freedom it represents."
"Sometimes," I say.
"Sometimes," he repeats. "You know, if they had a contest for the world's shortest replies, you'd win hands down."
"Perhaps."
"Perhaps," Oshima says, as if fed up. "Perhaps most people in the world aren't trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It's all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real bind. You'd better remember that. People actually prefer not being free.”
― Kafka on the Shore
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