Abdelrahman

“I have a young friend who dreams of becoming a novelist, but he never seems to be able to complete his work. According to him, his job keeps him too busy, and he can never find enough time to write novels, and that's why he can't complete work and enter it for writing awards. But is that the real reason? No! It's actually that he wants to leave the possibility of "I can do it if I try" open, by not committing to anything. He doesn't want to expose his work to criticism, and he certainly doesn't want to face the reality that he might produce an inferior piece of writing and face rejection. He wants to live inside that realm of possibilities, where he can say that he could do it if he only had the time, or that he could write if he just had the proper environment, and that he really does have the talent for it. In another five or ten years, he will probably start using another excuses like "I'm not young anymore" or "I've got a family to think about now”
― Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness

“أيها الصارخون، واإسلاماه واإسلاماه. وفروا صراخكم، فالإسلام بخير، والخطر كله على الإسلام إنما يأتي منكم. حين تدفعون بشباب غض في سن الصبا، إلى ترك الجامعة لأن علومها الحديثة علمانية. وتحشون رؤوسهم بخرافات أهونها ان الرعد ضراط شيطان عظيم. وأن المرأة باب الشر. وأن المجتمع كله جاهلي. والله وحده يعلم أنكم أجهل أهل الإسلام بالإسلام. فالإسلام كان وما يزال وسيظل دين العقل.”
― فرج فودة, قبل السقوط

“دائما ما يلوم الناس الظروف، و لكني لا أؤمن بالظروف ... الناجحون في هذه الدنيا هم اناس يقومون في الصباح ، و يبحثون عن ظروف مواتية،و إذا لم يجدوها ، صنعوها.”
― برنارد شو

“لقد ولد في تلك المدينة، لكن المستقبل لا يسكن أبدا بين جدران الماضي.
بقي اختيار المنفى.”
― أمين معلوف