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Before I Forget

This book delves into the complexities of memory and its impact on personal identity, weaving a compelling story that touches on the fragility of human experience. more

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“He had opened the book at random several times, seeking a sortes Virgilianae, before he chose the sentences on which his code was to be based. 'You say: I am not free. But I have lifted my hand and let it fall.' It was as if in choosing that passage, he were transmitting a signal of defiance to both the services. The last word of the message, when it was decoded by Boris or another, would read 'goodbye.”

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“الآن أقولها بالطريقة العشوائية .. العبث الممدد بين ذرات الهواء .. الرياح .. الضوء .. لوحتى الفنية بين أضواء الغروب البنفسجية .. الزرقاء .. و الصفراء.. الوردية .. أكمل هذه الرحلة .. بطيرانى .. و السحب التى ترسم أحلامى التلقائية .. قد هبط سقف الصبر عندي .. لكن الأمل بلغ العنان .. و علت دعواتى التى تردد صداها في كل الوديان”

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“The late-modern achievement-subject does not pursue works of duty. Its maxims are not obedience, law, and the fulfillment of obligation, but rather freedom, pleasure, and inclination. Above all, it expects the profits of enjoyment from work. It works for pleasure and does not act at the behest of the Other. Instead, it hearkens mainly to itself. After all, it must be a self-starting entrepreneur”

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