“If you're not at least willing to die for something- something that really matters- in the end, you die for nothing.”
― Andrew Klavan, quote from The Truth of the Matter
“A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which one is gonna hit you on the head, you'll choose the feather every single time.”
― Andrew Klavan, quote from The Truth of the Matter
“Have you ever had to get through a day, smiling at people, talking, as if everything were normal and okay, while all the time you felt like you were carrying a leaden weight of unhappiness inside you?”
― Andrew Klavan, quote from The Truth of the Matter
“Life's funny chucklehead. You only get one and you don't want to throw it away. But you can't really live it at all unless you're willing to give it up for the things you love. If you're not at least willing to die for something-something that really matters-in the end you die for nothing.”
― Andrew Klavan, quote from The Truth of the Matter
“I'd left them because I'd loved them. Beth and my parents and my friends and my life-my free, American life. I loved them, and if I had a chance to protect them from the people who wanted to destroy them then I had to take that chance even if it meant I would never see them again.”
― Andrew Klavan, quote from The Truth of the Matter
“There may come a time when even the most peaceful man alive has to fight or else something truly evil will happen”
― Andrew Klavan, quote from The Truth of the Matter
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“في نمط الكينونة, لا يكون الإيمان -في المقام الأول- مجرد إيمان بأفكار معينة وإن كان من الممكن أن يتضمن هذا أيضا, إنما الإيمان- في المقام الأول- هو توجه داخلي, موقف, ولعله من الأنسب أن يقال إن شخصا ما في حالة الإيمان, على أن يقال إنه يملك إيمانا,يمكن ان الشخص في حالة ايمان بنفسه وبالأخرين, والمتدين في حالة إيمان بالله, والله في العهد القديم هو بالدرجة الأولى نفي للأصنام للآلهة التي كان الناس يملكونها.
وإيماني بنفسي وبالأخرين وبالجنس البشري يتضمن ايضا نوعا من اليقين, ولكنه يقين اساسه تجربتي الذاتية, وليس خضوعي لسلطة تملي عليّ نمطا معينا من الإيمان. إنه يقين الحقيقة التي قد يستحيل إثباتها بأدلة عقلية ملزمة, ومع ذلك فهي الحقيقة التي أنا على يقين منها لأن ثمة أدلة عليها من تجربتي الذاتية.
إذا كنت على يقين من أن شخصا ما تتوافر فيه صفات التكامل الإنساني فإنني لا استطيع أن اقيم الدليل على أن تكامله يمكن ان يستمر لآخر يوم في حياته.
وحتى لو حدث, فليس ثمة ما يستبعد احتمال اختلال التكامل لو امتدت الحياة به, إن يقين يقوم على معرفتي بالشخص الآخر, وعلى تجربتي الشخصية في الحب والتكامل الإنساني, وهذا النوع من المعرفة لا استطيع التوصل اليه إلا بقدر ما استطيع تنحية ذاتيتي ورؤية شخصية الإنسان الآخر كما هي, واستجلاء بناء قواه الداخلية, رؤيته في تفرده كما في انسانيته الشاملة في الوقت نفسه.”
― Erich Fromm, quote from To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
“Bluntly and quietly, in a series of simple, forthright sentences, she dismantled the architecture of unhappiness that had been growing up around us for the past several days. She was calling from the office she said, and had to talk in a low voice, 'but if you can hear me, Sid' she began, 'there are four things I want you to know. First, I haven't stopped thinking about you since I left the house this morning. Second, I've decided to have the baby, and we're never going to use the word "abortion" again. Third, don't bother to make dinner. [...] Fourth, make sure Mr. Johnson's ready for action. I'm going to attack you the minute I walk in the door, my love, so be prepared.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Oracle Night
“It reminded me of talking, how what is said is never quite what is thought, and what is heard is never quite what was said. It wasn't much in the way of comfort, but everything has a little failure in it, and we still make do somehow.”
― Kevin Powers, quote from The Yellow Birds
“We need to boil water. We need clean towels,” Ava announced, following too. “She ain’t birthin’ no baby! She’s got a gunshot wound!” Indy shouted. “I know that!” Ava shouted back. “But we need a sterile environment.”
― Kristen Ashley, quote from Rock Chick Reckoning
“Then it's too bad I don't belong to you.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Burn
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