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“Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“إن الملايين ممن ينوون الهجرة يكونون قد هاجروا نفسيا لحظة تقديم الطلب و هجروا الوطن على المستوى الشعورى.و يظل حالهم على هذا,حتى لو ظلوا سنوات ينتظرون الإشارة بالرحيل.فتكون النتيجة الفعلية أننا نعيش فى بلد فيه الملايين من المهاحرين بالنية أو الذين رحلوا من هنا بأرواحهم, و لا تزال أبدانهم تتحرك وسط الجموع كأنها أبدان الموتى الذين فقدوا أرواحهم ,ولم يبق لديهم إلا الحلم الباهت بالرحيل النهائى.”
― يوسف زيدان, كلمات: التقاط الألماس من كلام الناس

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

“If you're happy in a dream, does that count?”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

“Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things