Kado

“قل لي بربك سيدي
من لي اذاجاء المطر
من لي اذا عبس الشتاء
او اكفهر
من لي اذا ماضاقت الدنيا وعاندني القدر”
― روضة الحاج, عش للقصيد

“كانت تنمو ، في أعماقي ، غابات مذهـلة . كنتُ أحرصُ عـلى أن أزوّدها بما في الخيال من ينابيع ، ظِلال ، وأثمار ، لكن خططــي تبدّلتْ حين وُلدتُ كإنسان ..”
― عبد العظيم فنجان, أفكر مثل شجرة

“أمس لم يسأل عني أحد ، زارني الموت ولم يكن على الرفّ قهوة ، ولأن الموت يحب القهوة مثل جميع الناس ، فلقد قلب شفتيه وصفق الباب وراءه ، ومضى في قطار العتمة”
― رياض الصالح الحسين

“Name one hero who was happy."
I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back.
"You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward.
"I can't."
"I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
"Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
"I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
"Why me?"
"Because you're the reason. Swear it."
"I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.
"I swear it," he echoed.
We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned.
"I feel like I could eat the world raw.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles