Esraa Smadi

“مادام َ الماءُ حياةً
فلماذا لا يتحوَّلُ المطرُ
إلى بشرٍ وبيوتٍ وبلاد ؟”
― سوزان عليوان, كراكيب الكلام

“Well, now
If little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you
Little by little
If suddenly you forget me
Do not look for me
For I shall already have forgotten you

If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life
And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots
Remember
That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms
And my roots will set off to seek another land”
― Pablo Neruda, Selected Poems

“The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.”
― Pablo Neruda

“It was my destiny to love and say goodbye.”
― Pablo Neruda, Still Another Day