Mahmoud

“If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price.”
― Haruki Murakami, After Dark

“عجباً !! إن الإنسان ليضيع عمره وهو مستسلم عاجز ، ثم يكتشف فجأة أن وسيلته للوصول إلى ما يرجوه في متناول يده ، وأنه ليس عليه إلا أن يكف عن الاستسلام والانتظار ويمد يده ليأخذ ما يريد .”
― يوسف السباعي, رد قلبي

“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“The familiar was far away, while the bizarre was close at hand.”
― Ted Chiang