Albandari

“My face is my identity. No one will cover it. I’m proud of my face. If my face bothers you, don’t look. Turn your own face away, take your eyes off me. If you are seduced by merely looking at my face, that is your problem.
Do not tell me to cover it. You cannot punish me simply because you cannot control yourself.”
― Manal al-Sharif, Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

“سألني: ماصفة قلبك؟
فأجبت: أنه لا يسمح للأحقاد أن تستوطنه.
سألني: ماصفة عقلك؟
فأجبت: أنه يتعلّم في كل لحظة
سألني: قلبك هل يتعلّم؟
قلت: هو يتألّم ولايتعلّم، بل يكرّر خطأ الحب في كل مرة وكأنه يحدث لأول مرة .”
― سلمان العودة, لو كنت طيرًا

“How beautiful it is to live in a world with no walls.”
― Manal al-Sharif, Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

“You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye