Aroub

“A month after this, another postcard arrived from Rome, giving no address: 'Am writing in a day or two,' it said. That was six years ago.
So now I am writing to her.
When you read this, Sally - if you ever do - please accept it as a tribute, the sincerest I can pay, to yourself and to our friendship.
And send me another postcard.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin

“Yes, I see, Mr Worsley. The love that shall not speak its name." "Well, yes, something like that. Something illicit, dangerous, yet also something beautiful, something... grand. A grand love, one that has brought both joy and heartache. Yes?”
― Lisa Jewell, Before I Met You

“my people my people
I thought
the fall would
kill me
but it only
made me real.”
― Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

“ام طلال متعلقة بشجرة التين أكثر مني. لا بد أن قطع الشجرة كان ضروريا في لحظة لا اعرفها لأنني هناك، ولأنها هنا. هكذا بكل بساطة. ربما لو كنت انا الذي استمر في العيش هنا لهدمت او بنيت وزرعت او قطعت اشجارا بيدي. من يدري؟ عاشوا زمنهم هنا وعشت زمني هناك.”
― مريد البرغوثي, رأيت رام الله