Haifa Alsaif

“Now, see, that's why everybody wants Internet friends. You can find people just exactly like you. Screw your neighbors and your family, too messy.' Dovey's phone buzzed, and she laughed, ignoring it. 'The trouble is, once you filter out everybody that doesn't agree with you, all that's left is maybe this one retired surfer guy living in Idaho.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

“لم يعد شكلي الخارجي خارقا. ومن جانب اخر لم اكن اراه معيبا. لم اخش اي شيء, موضوعية ومجردة في كل احكامي وحرة بوداعة من مختلف الاوهام التي تنعم بها قلة التجربة على الشباب. باختصار رأيت نفسي فيلسوفة محنكة متنكرة بشكل فتاة صغيرة”
― Françoise Gilot, Life with Picasso

“Although many of us are struggling against the same oppressive powers worldwide, we are all made to think of each other as enemies rather than allies in this global struggle. We have been separated from each other by the most misleading notion that some of us are citizens of the “First World”, while others are sub-humans from the “Third World”. I dreamed of a time when we all realize that we live in one world not three worlds as politicians and warmongers want us to believe.”
― Louis Yako

“As I was growing up, whenever anything frightened me in any degree, it fascinated me at the same time. I felt the need of going too far simply to prove to myself that I was capable of it.”
― Françoise Gilot, Life with Picasso