Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.
–Geoff Dyer, from “Ten rules for writing fiction”
multivalence is the new ambivalence
Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.
–Geoff Dyer, from “Ten rules for writing fiction”
..all that poetry, all those songs, about something that lasts no time at all.
from the film An Education
J’ai découvert que tout le malheur des hommes vient d’une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos. — Blaise Pascal
I have discovered that all the evil of humanity comes from one thing; the inability to sit still.
اكتشفت أن لكل شرور الإنسانية مصدراً واحداً: اننا مابنعرفش نتنيّل نقعد ساكتين ..
If you’re not confused, you’re just not thinking clearly.
إن لم تكن مُشوَّشاً فأنت لا تفكِّر بوضوح.
أو
لو ماكُنتيش متلخبطة يبقى انتي مش فاهمة حاجة.