Farah Taha > Farah's Quotes

“Oh that. Men do fall in love with me. They seem to think me a creature with volcanic passions; I'm sure I don't know why. All the volcanic women I know are plain little creatures with sandy hair. I don't consider human volcanoes respectable. And I'm so tired of the subject. Our house is always full of women in love with my husband and men in love with me. We encourage it because it's pleasant to have company.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Works of George Bernard Shaw (30+ Works) Pygmalion, Major Barbara, Candida, The Irrational Knot, An Unsocial Socialist & more

“Cause I don't wanna be a witness to this life,
I want to be charged and convicted,
ear lifted to her song like a bouquet of yes
because my heart is a parachute that has never opened in time
and I wanna fuck up that pattern,
leave a hole where the cold comes in and fill it every day with her sun,
'cause anyone who has ever sat in lotus for more than a few seconds
knows it takes a hell of a lot more muscle to stay than to go”
― Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

“I know this world is far from perfect.
I am not the type to mistake a streetlight for the moon.
I know our wounds are deep as the Atlantic.
But every ocean has a shoreline
and every shoreline has a tide
that is constantly returning
to wake the songbirds in our hands,
to wake the music in our bones,
to place one fearless kiss on the mouth of that new born river
that has to run through the center of our hearts
to find its way home.”
― Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

“Right now there’s a man on the street outside my door
with outstretched hands full of heartbeats no one can hear.
He has cheeks like torn sheet music
every tear-broken crescendo falling on deaf ears.
At his side there’s a boy with eyes like an anthem
no one stands up for.”
― Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

“the soul has no skin; the soul only has insides that want to sing, finally, can't you hear it, brothers? softly, can't you hear it, brothers? a hot piece of ass and a new Cadillac ain't going to solve a god-damned thing.”
― Charles Bukowski, Notes of a Dirty Old Man

“I've never been lonely. I've been in a room -- I've felt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've felt awful -- awful beyond all -- but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me...or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude. It's being at a party, or at a stadium full of people cheering for something, that I might feel loneliness. I'll quote Ibsen, "The strongest men are the most alone." I've never thought, "Well, some beautiful blonde will come in here and give me a fuck-job, rub my balls, and I'll feel good." No, that won't help. You know the typical crowd, "Wow, it's Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?" Well, yeah. Because there's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I've never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars, because I didn't want to hide in factories. That's all. Sorry for all the millions, but I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!”
― Charles Bukowski

“ليس الجود أن تعطيني ما أنا أشدّ منك حاجة إليه ، وإنما الجود أن تعطيني ما أنت أشدّ إليه حاجة مني”
― جبران خليل جبران, الأجنحة المتكسرة

“أُحب الشئ ثم أنقلب عليه لئلا يستعبدني.”
― محمود درويش

“سمائي فكرةٌ. والأرض منفايَ المُفَضَّلُ”
― محمود درويش, لا أريد لهذي القصيدة أن تنتهي

“وأَنا أُريدُ ، أُريد أَن أَحيا ، وأَن

أَنساك …. أَن أَنسى علاقتنا الطويلة

لا لشيءٍ ، بل لأَقرأ ما تُدَوِّنُهُ

السماواتُ البعيدةُ من رسائلَ”
― محمود درويش, جدارية

“ما أشد برائتنا حين نظن أن القانون وعاء للعدل والحق . القانون هنا وعاء لرغبة الحاكم ،أوبدلة يفصلها على قياسه.”
― محمود درويش, يوميات الحزن العادي

“في أَعماقي موسيقى خفيّة, أّخشى عليها من العزف المنفرد.”
― محمود درويش, أثر الفراشة

“سنصير شعباً حين ننسى ما تقولُ لنا القبيلة.... ,
حين يُعْلي الفرد من شأن التفاصيل الصغيرةْ

سنصير شعباً حين ينظر كاتبٌ نحو النجوم , ولا يقول:
بلادنا أَعلى ...وأجملْ !

- إن أردنا”
― محمود درويش, أثر الفراشة

“أَنـا حَبَّةُ القمحِ التي مَاتت لكي تَخْضَـرَّ ثانيةً، وفِي مَوتي حَياةٌ مَا.”
― محمود درويش, جدارية

“الحلم هو الذي يجد الحالمين, وماعلى الحالم إلا أن يتذكر”
― محمود درويش, في حضرة الغياب

“القادمون إلى عزائي عانقوني .. كسروا ضلعين وإنصرفوا ! .”
― محمود درويش

“كأن يديك المكان الوحيد

كأن يديك بلد

آه من وطن في جسد!”
― محمود درويش

“لو يذكر الزيتون غارسهُ لصار الزيت دمعاً..”
― محمود درويش

“انما القصد من الوجود ... الطموح الى ما وراء الوجود”
― جبران خليل جبران

“كلٌمـا عمٌق الحزنٌ حفرَةً في كينونتك , ازدادت قُدرتك على احتواء فَرح أكثر”
― جبران خليل جبران, النبي

“أنت لست بصاحبي، يا صاح ! ولكن كيف السبيل لإقناعك فتفقه وتفهم ؟
إن طريقي غير طريقك ولكننا نمشي معاً جنباً إلى جنب .”
― جبران خليل جبران, The Madman

“لم يَعُد ثمّةَ أطلال لكي نبكي عليها.
كيف تبكي أمَّةٌ
أخَذوا منها المدامعْ؟؟”
― نزار قباني

“علّمني حُبُّكِ أن أحزن ..
وأنا مُحتَاجٌ منذُ عصور
لامرأةٍ .. تَجعَلَني أحزن
لامرأةٍ .. أبكي بينَ ذراعيها ..
مثلَ العُصفُور ..
لامرأةٍ .. تَجمعُ أجزائي
آشظايا البللورِ المكسور ..”
― نزار قباني, أحلى قصائدي