Hanan Azem

“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

“مَنْ كان ذا حلمٍ و طالَ بهِ المَدى، فليحمِهِ/ و ليحمِ أيضاً نفسَهُ مِن حلمِه/ فالحلمُ يكبرُ أشهراً في يومِه/ و يزيدُ دينُ الدهرِ حتى يستَحيل/ فإذا استحالَ ترى ابن آدم راضياً... منْ أي شيءٍ بالقليل”
― تميم البرغوثي

“وهبنى قلت : هذا الصبح ليل
أيعمى العالمون عن الضياء ؟!”
― أبو الطيب المتنبي

“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