Hadeer

“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

“اشمخي برأسك حتي عنان السماء ، ولا تغفلي عن أن ربك القوي لا يحب الضعفاء ، املئي صدرك بسرّ الحياة ، وتيقني أنك في حضرة الله الذي سوّاك حُرّة ، وأن هذه الحرية هي أمانته التي حملتها بعد أن أبت السماوات والأرض والجبال أن يحملنها وأشفقن منها ، وقولي لمن يعترض الطريق لا ولا ولا”
― سحر الموجي, دارية

“Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with her like a child with schoolbooks and pencils. The day seems to have no order until these times, which are like a ledger for her, her body full of stories and situations.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

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