I was thinking about another kind of river, one that runs through every one of us, no matter where we come from, all over the world. It’s the river of the heart, and the heart’s desire. It’s the pure,...
I take everything personally—that’s what being a person is all about.
Fear dries a man’s mouth, and hate strangles him. That’s why hate has no great literature: real fear and real hate have no words.
Fate needs accomplices,
Fanaticism means that if you’re not against me, you’re against me.
Every human heartbeat, he's said many times, is a universe of possibilities.
Every city has a village in its heart. You will never understand the city, unless you first understand the village.
Evening brings the people to their windows, balconies, and doorways. Evening fills the streets with strolling crowds. Evening is an indigo tent for the circus of the city, and families bring children...
E' sempre un errore molto sciocco rimanere soli con qualcuno di cui non avresti mai dovuto innamorarti
E la scelta che fai, odio o perdono, può diventare la storia della tua vita
Civilisation, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.
But survival means more than simply being alive. It's not just the body that must survive a jail term: the spirit and the will and the heart have to make it through as well. If any one of them is brok...
At first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. What we should fear and dread, of course, is that we won't stop loving them, even after they are dead...
Annoying is worse than dangerous, n'est-ce pas? It is easier to live with a dangerous man than an annoying one.
A mujaheddin fighter once told me that fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we can never kn...
A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him, I guess. Or maybe when he sees the things he wishes he had in himself.
A man has to respect himself bofore he can respect anyone else.
A dream is the place where a wish and a fear meet.
Целият ум на света не можеше да спре стомаха ми да се свива около дебнещия страх. Когато знаеш, че ще умреш, интелигентността не носи никаква утеха. В края на краищата геният е суета, а интелигентност...
Тревогата се таеше в гърдите ми, стискаше сърцето ми и често набъбваше до такава гротескна мъка, че усещах как се задавям, как тя ме души. Вината е дръжката на ножа, с който сами се пробождаме, а любо...