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“لدي كتاب صغير
أكتب فيه حين أنساك
كتابٌ ذو غلافٍ أسود
لَم أخُطّ فيه كلمةً بعد”
― فرناندو بيسوا, رباعيات

“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission civilizatrice.”
― Edward W. Said, Orientalism

“إنك لا تكره الظلم إلا إن وقع عليك”
― نجيب محفوظ, أولاد حارتنا

“You got good eyes, she said. Yes mam, he said. I always did. Well I guess so, she said. You dont normally start out with bad ones and they get better.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing