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“اذهبي يا جميلة بلا ندم، فقد وجدتِ سعادتكِ العصيّة.”
― Chingiz Aitmatov, Jamilia

“The glorification of one race and the consequent debasement of another—or others—always has been and always will be a recipe for murder. There is no way around this. If one is permitted to treat any group of people with special disfavor because of their race or the color of their skin, there is no limit to what one will force them to endure, and, since the entire race has been mysteriously indicted, no reason not to attempt to destroy it root and branch.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“ويا لتبدل جميلة المفاجئ! كانما لم بقى شي من تلك الفتاة الضاحكة الممتلئة الحياة، فقد غمر حزن الربيع الصافي عينيها المطفأتين، وتطوف على شفتيها ابتسامة غامضة حالمة، فقد كانت سعيدة بشي لا يعرفه سواها.”
― Chingiz Aitmatov, Jamilia

“Rejection, I have found, can be the only antidote to delusion”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation