Hanan Azem

“وإطراق طرف العين ليس بنافع , إذا كان طرف القلب ليس بمطرق”
― أبو الطيب المتنبي

“ألا ليت لي قلبين : قلبٌ بحبه *** مريضٌ وقلبٌ بعد ذاك طبيبي
فواللهِ إن الحبّ خير محاسـني *** وواللهِ إن الحبّ شـرّ عيوبـي”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, أوراق الورد

“The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption