Ahmed

“يتساءلون عن سر إزدهار المسرح أتدري ما هو سر ذلك؟ السر أننا صرنا جميعا ممثلين!”
― نجيب محفوظ, المرايا

“No, I heard some of the staff talking. She’s all bad, that one. They kicked her out of the Lollipop Guild for theft, yeah? And she did community service for bitch-slapping the Mayor of Munchkinland.” -- Alexander”
― Melodie Ramone, After Forever Ends

“I made up my mind right then what I really wanted in my life. It was comfort of a home and a family. But more than that, I wanted love. I wanted love to surround me. I wanted to swim in it. I wanted to hold it in my hand like heated sand and pour it through my fingers so it covered my feet. I wanted to taste it, I wanted to smell it. I wanted to wrap myself up in it like a blanket and stay safe and warm inside of it forever. And I wanted to give it. I wanted to drown people in it. I wanted to love with all my heart and be loved just as much in return.”
― Melodie Ramone, After Forever Ends

“Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy