Salat > Salat's Quotes

“I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.”
― Nuruddin Farah

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“فالناس عبيد أهوائهم، وأينما يكن محلك من هذه الأهواء فهناك محل اللفظة التي أنت خليق بها، وهناك يتلقاك ما أنت أهله أو ما يريدون أن تكون أهله، وليس في الناس شيءٌ يزيدك كمالاً من غير أن يزيدك نقصاً، حتى إيمانك فإنه كفرٌ عند قوم، وحتى عقلك فإنه سفهٌ لطائفة، وحتى فضلك فإنه حسدٌ من جماعة، وحتى أدبك فإنه غيظٌ لفئة”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, المساكين

“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
― Anaïs Nin