Mohamed Maher

“ما قيمة عطف الابن إذا لم يحسّ به وحده؟ ما قيمة الحبّ إذا كنت أذكّرك به وأطلبه منك؟”
― علاء الأسواني, الأشجار تمشي في الاسكندرية

“But somehow, when I really needed him, he was always around.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Cruel Winter with You

“Maybe there is something devastating about the incompleteness of it. But maybe, just knowing that the other person is there . . .” His throat bobs. “There might be pleasure in that, too. The satisfaction of knowing that something beautiful exists.” His lips open and close a few times, as though he can only find the right words by shaping them first to himself. “Maybe some things transcend reciprocity. Maybe not everything is about having.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“because when I asked myself if I had the right to those tears, the answer was always no, and it was easy to stop myself.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate