Asmaa Maher > Asmaa's Quotes

“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― Albert Camus

“A lot of you cared, just not enough.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Did you really want to die?"
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why do they do it?"
"Because they want to stop the pain.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, How to Kill a Rock Star

“and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart.”
― Jodi Picoult

“I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss

“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
― Stephen Fry

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees

“Some friends don't understand this. They don't understand how desperate I am to have someone say, I love you and I support you just the way you are because you're wonderful just the way you are. They don't understand that I can't remember anyone ever saying that to me. I am so demanding and difficult for my friends because I want to crumble and fall apart before them so that they will love me even though I am no fun, lying in bed, crying all the time, not moving. Depression is all about If you loved me you would.”
― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

“When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anyone or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.”
― Fiona Apple

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“لم أستطع أن أصبح أي شيء، لم أستطع أن أصبح حتى شريرا. ولا خبيثا ولا طيبا، ولا دنيئا ولا شريفا، لا بطلا، ولا حشرة، وأنا اليوم في هذا الركن الصغير، أختم حياتي، محاولا أن اواسي نفسي بعزاء لا طائل فيه، قائلا أن الرجل الذكي لا يفلح قط في أن يصبح شيئا، وأن الغبي وحده يصل إلى ذلك”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

“كيف أشفق على الذي يبدد ألمه في الشكاية والتظلم فلا يبقى منه ما يستدعي الشفقة ؟ كل شفقتي تتجه إليك أنت الذي لا تشكو مع أن ألمك صامت لا حد له ولا نهاية .”
― مي زيادة

“أخرج من بعض الاجتماعات شاعرة بأن الناس أخذوا مني شيئاً كثيراً أقضي أسابيع في الاستيلاء عليه من جديد دون أن أعرف ما هو .”
― مي زيادة

“حَمَلَ حياته مثل لعبة معطّلة
أراد أن يعيدها إلى الحانوتي
ووقفَ العمرَ كله
أمام حانوت مقفل.”
― وديع سعادة, الأعمال الشعرية

“أعدك أن أنام
غير أنى متعب
والمشقة فى قلبى لا فى الطريق
والعتم فى عينى
في سمعى
فى الأعوام التى توالت عاما بعد عام
ولم أر

أعدك أن أنام
أن أنتظر الصباح المقبل
وما يليه
لكنى مجبر علي الرحيل الآن،
لا عمل أو موعد أو نزهة أو أى
شىء من هذا القبيل
فأنا متعب وقد خدمت روحى ما استطعت”
― بسام حجار, مجرد تعب

“أنا واحدٌ من هؤلاء البشر ، الذين يفضلون البقاء بلا رفقة ، ولكي أكون أكثر دقة ، أنا شخص لا أجد فى الوحدة أى أَلَم أو عناء. ولا أجد فى قضاء ساعة أو ساعتين يوميا فى الركض وحيداً بدون التحدُّث مع أحد ، وقضاء أربع أو خمس ساعات أُخرى فى مكتبي وحيداً ، شئٌ صعب أو مُمل. حيثُ إننى لدى هذه النزعة مُنذ طفولتى ، فمثلاً عندما يكون لدى خيار ، كُنت دائما ما أُفضل قراءة الكُتب فى عُزلة تامة أو الإستغراق فى الإستماع الى الموسيقى ، عن تواجدي مع أي شخص آخر.فأنا دائما لدي أشياء لفعلها وحيداً...!”
― Haruki Murakami

“هناك احتمال آخر لتتويج مسعانا بغير الهزيمة، ما دمنا قررنا أننا لن نموت قبل أن نحاول أن نحيا ..”
― رضوى عاشور, أثقل من رضوى: مقاطع من سيرة ذاتية