Rowan Abouelsaad > Rowan's Quotes

“مش كل مره هتتعب فيها هتوصل للى انت عايزه .. بس عمرك ما هتوصل للى انت عايزه من غير ما تتعب ..”
― عمر طاهر, كابتن مصر: ألبوم ساخر للمراهقين

“I will love you with no regard to the actions of our enemies or the jealousies of actors. I will love you with no regard to the outrage of certain parents or the boredom of certain friends. I will love you no matter what is served in the world’s cafeterias or what game is played at each and every recess. I will love you no matter how many fire drills we are all forced to endure, and no matter what is drawn upon the blackboard in blurry, boring chalk. I will love you no matter how many mistakes I make when trying to reduce fractions, and no matter how difficult it is to memorize the periodic table.
I will love you no matter what your locker combination was, or how you decided to spend your time during study hall. I will love you no matter how your soccer team performed in the tournament or how many stains I received on my cheerleading uniform. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you if you cut your hair and I will love you if you cut the hair of others. I will love you if you abandon your baticeering, and I will love you if you if you retire from the theater to take up some other, less dangerous occupation. I will love you if you drop your raincoat on the floor instead of hanging it up and I will love you if you betray your father. I will love you even if you announce that the poetry of Edgar Guest is the best in the world and even if you announce that the work of Zilpha Keatley Snyder is unbearably tedious. I will love you if you abandon the theremin and take up the harmonica and I will love you if you donate your marmosets to the zoo and your tree frogs to M. I will love you as a starfish loves a coral reef and as a kudzu loves trees, even if the oceans turn to sawdust and the trees fall in the forest without anyone around to hear them. I will love you as the pesto loves the fettuccini and as the horseradish loves the miyagi, as the tempura loves the ikura and the pepperoni loves the pizza.
I will love you as the manatee loves the head of lettuce and as the dark spot loves the leopard, as the leech loves the ankle of a wader and as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you as the doctor loves his sickest patient and a lake loves its thirstiest swimmer. I will love you as the beard loves the chin, and the crumbs love the beard, and the damp napkin loves the crumbs, and the precious document loves the dampness in the napkin, and the squinting eye of the reader loves the smudged print of the document, and the tears of sadness love the squinting eye as it misreads what is written. I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat, and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms. i will love you as a child loves to overhear the conversations of its parents, and the parents love the sound of their own arguing voices, and as the pen loves to write down the words these voices utter in a notebook for safekeeping. I will love you as a shingle loves falling off a house on a windy day and striking a grumpy person across the chin, and as an oven loves malfunctioning in the middle of roasting a turkey.
I will love you as an airplane loves to fall from a clear blue sky and as an escalator loves to entangle expensive scarves in its mechanisms. I will love you as a wet paper towel loves to be crumpled into a ball and thrown at a bathroom ceiling and as an eraser loves to leave dust in the hairdos of people who talk too much. I will love you as a cufflink loves to drop from its shirt and explore the party for itself and as a pair of white gloves loves to slip delicately into the punchbowl. I will love you as the taxi loves the muddy splash of a puddle and as a library loves the patient tick of a clock.”
― Lemony Snicket

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
― Confucious

“كل شيء يحدث على ظهر الأرض يهون بالتعود.”
― يوسف السباعي, السقا مات

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

“ربما فتح لك باب الطاعة وما فتح لك باب القبول وربما قضى عليك بالذنب فكان سبباً في الوصول”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية

“يحكى الواحد منا عن أمر موجع لحجب الأمر الأكثر ايلاما”
― رضوى عاشور

“يسألونك هل تصلي ؟ لا يسألونك هل تخاف الله !”
― أحلام مستغانمي

“فلا اجد سوى النوم طريقا مظلما اختبئ فيه”
― خيري شلبي, أسباب للكي بالنار

“What wonderful thing didn't start out scary?”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“أظلم الأوقات في تاريخ الأمم هي الأوقات التي يؤمن فيها الانسان بأن الشر هو الطريق الوحيد للخير”
― أحمد مراد, تراب الماس

“اقرأ ما يفيدك، وإن استفزك! اقرأ ما يصدقك، وإن أوجعك! اقرأ ما يجعلك تفكر، وإن أجهدك! اقرأ ما يثير خيالك، وإن صدمك! اقرأ ما يجبرك على احترامه، وإن خالفك!
اقرأ... وبلا همزة تحت الألف أو فوقها، وإن أزعجك!”
― شادي عبد السلام, اقرئي يا بلادي

“نلعن الظلام ونلعن الذى يشعل الشمعه سائلين جاب حقها منين ؟!”
― بلال فضل, ضحك مجروح

“و كأن همّاً واحداً لا يكفي أو كأنّ الهموم يستأنس بعضها ببعض فلا تنزل على الناس إلا معاً”
― رضوى عاشور, ثلاثية غرناطة

“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.”
― Jim Morrison

“بكل ما أوتيت من صبر .. سأصبر .”
― نورا خشبة, مضيء كالقمر حزين كالبيانو

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“كل ما يحدث خارج نفسك لا وزن له, المهم هو ما تبطن, الحق في داخلك أنت, والكرامة الحقيقية هي أنت”
― بهاء طاهر, نقطة النور

“I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake

“إن المرأة تحب رجلها ليس لأنه أقوى الرجال، و لا أوسمهم، و لا أغناهم، بل لأنه هو.. بضعفه و قوته.. و الحب ليس إستعراض قوة لكنه طاقة عطاء دافئة مستمرة”
― أحمد خالد توفيق

“ان تؤمن و ان تعمل فهذا هو المثل الاعلى ، الا تؤمن فذاك طريق اخر اسمه الضياع ، ان تؤمن و تعجز عن العمل فهذا هو الجحيم "
عامر وجدي”
― نجيب محفوظ, Miramar

“القليل من العلم يورث الإلحاد … و الكثير منه يورث الإيمان …”
― توفيق الحكيم, التعادلية مع الإسلام

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story

“نحن نجري جرياً إلى أقفاصنا .. وحين لا يضعوننا فيها .. نضع أنفسنا في قفص أكثر قوة .. قفص الوحشية والانتظار”
― إبراهيم نصر الله, طيور الحذر

“إن التخلص من الألم يتوقف على مقدار تعلقنا بصانعه .”
― عمرو الجندى

“اننا نتدلل فقط ليس على من نحبهم وإنما على من نؤمن انهم يحبوننا”
― يوسف إدريس, البيضاء

“بُلينا بقوم يظنون أن الله لم يهد سواهم.”
― ابن سينا

“إن الطاهر فى مدينة الخطايا هو المذنب الوحيد ..”
― عمرو الجندى

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“It isn't enough to love; we must prove it.”
― Gretchen Rubin, Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life