Hadeer

“مهووسة أنا بالأماكن ، و بي اشتياق لمساحة تقبلنا كما نحن .. في لحظات الفرح و اليأس و الضعف و القوة .. و اليقين و الضياع .. مساحة تشبهنا على اختلافاتنا .. واسعة كقلبي و دافئة كحضنك..”
― غادة محمد محمود, أما هذه.. فرقصتي أنا

“In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

“You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less than 7 X 10^18 joules of potential energy—enough to explode with the force of thirty very large hydrogen bombs, assuming you knew how to liberate it and really wished to make a point.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient