

“Today I am a woman torn between the terror that everything might change and the equal terror that everything might carry on exactly the same for the rest of my days.”
― Adultery
― Adultery

“الكسرة اللي في العين اللي ماحدش يعرف يوصل لها إلا إذا كان مات قبل كده أو جرب الموت قبل كده.”
― يبتا
― يبتا

“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

“324.—There is more self-love than love in jealousy.”
― Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
― Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

“You must understand the following: In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field itself and border on the religious.”
― Mastery
― Mastery

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