Ruby Manougian

“Aristotle says in the book of secrets that communicating too many arcana of nature and art breaks a celestial seal and many evils can ensue. Which does not mean that secrets must not be revealed, but that the learned must decide when and how.”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

“لا أعتقد أننا كنا جميعًا على استعداد للموت من أجل قضية عادلة، حتى في سن الثامنة عشر. و لكن تلك المعضلة لم تفارق أذهاننا ولا مناقشاتنا. أسنمضي حياتنا بأكملها، و في كل الأحوال شبابنا، بدون أن تسنح لنا فرصة الإنخراط بملء جوارحنا في معركة تستحق النضال؟ أهناك من حولنا قضية عادلة، يدافع عنها البشر الأنقياء، أو على الأقل الجديرون بالثقة؟ كنت أشك بذلك.”
― أمين معلوف , التائهون

“We should call on the Creator to show more modesty. He created the world in a frenzy of excitement. Instead of revising his rough drafts, he had his work printed straightaway. What a lot of contradictions there are in it. What a log of typing errors, inconsistencies in the plot, passages that are too long and wordy, characters that are entirely superfluous. But it is painful and difficult to cut and trim the living cloth of a book written and published in too much of a hurry”
― Vasily Grossman, An Armenian Sketchbook

“Farklı disiplinleri sentezleyin. Merak ediyorsanız Tanrı'yı, ne olur yalnızca dine odaklanmayın artık. Dinsel kavgalar ve çekişmeler insanlığı böler, zihinlerinizi mühürler. Matematiğe, fiziğe, müziğe, resme, şiire, dansa başvurun. Sanat özünde bir arayıştır. Tanrı ilmi de arayıştır. Demek ki, Tanrı'ya inansanız da, inanmasanız da konuya yaratıcılıkla yaklaşabilirsiniz.”
― Elif Shafak, Havva'nın Üç Kızı