Menna Rahim > Menna's Quotes

“Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“أي امرأةٍ تلك التي ستكفيني بعد أن رفعتِ أنت سقف الكفاية إلى حد تعجز عنه النساء؟”
― محمد حسن علوان, سقف الكفاية

“Problem is, you can’t accept that his relationship had a real short shelf life. You’re like a dog at the dump, baby – you’re just lickin’ at the empty tin can, trying to get more nutrition out of it. And if you’re not careful, that can’s gonna get stuck on your snout forever and make your life miserable. So drop it.”

“But I love him.”

“So love him.”

“But I miss him.”

“So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“كيف نضجر وللسماء هذه الزرقة ، وللأرض هذه الخضرة ، وللورد هذا الشذا ، وللقلب هذه القدرة العجيبة على الحب ، وللروح هذه الطاقة اللانهائية على الإيمان. كيف نضجر وفي الدنيا من نحبهم ، ومن نعجب بهم ، ومن يحبوننا ، ومن يعجبون بنا.”
― نجيب محفوظ

“كن لي كما أهوى
أمطر علي الدفء و الحلوى”
― أمل دنقل

“Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“لقد اعتدت ان احب ناديا، اعتدت ان احب ذلك الجيل الذي رضع الهزيمة والتشرد إلى حد حسب فيه ان الحياة السعيدة ضرب من الشذوذ الإجتماعي”
― غسان كنفاني, أرض البرتقال الحزين

“إن الصراصير وحدها قادرة على قتل "أخيل" ياللسخافة!”
― غسان كنفاني, أرض البرتقال الحزين

“Beyond our ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’
doesn’t make sense any more.”
― Coleman Barks

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else.”
― richard siken