Iman Khazback Farid

“Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.

Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

“Egyptian men are caught between what they like and what they want; they like the girls that their minds do not want and they want the girls that their hearts do not like.”
― Marwa Rakha, The Poison Tree - Planted And Grown In Egypt

“Someone once told me that human beings have three dimensions: how you see yourself, how others see you, and how you want others to see you. The closer the distance between the three dimensions, the more at peace you are and the more stable you become.”
― Marwa Rakha, The Poison Tree - Planted And Grown In Egypt

“I lost you
when you left me
to find yourself.”
― Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 2