Mohamed Maher

“أيها الربان الثمل الذي يدير هذه السفينة الثملة، ما بالك قد انزويت في قمرتك؟! كأني بك تحتسي أنت أيضا كأسا من الشمبانيا تاركا السفين يلعب في يد المقادير”
― توفيق الحكيم, راقصة المعبد

“لكن أحدًا لم يسمع دبيب التاريخ الآتي؛ لأن الطغاة لا ينتبهون -إلا بعد فوات الأوان- لصوت التاريخ.”
― صلاح عيسى, حكايات من دفتر الوطن

“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

“Out of all the people I’ve met, the things I’ve wanted, the places I’ve been, none has ever felt as necessary as you do. Because I love you. I love you in a way I didn’t think I was capable of. I love you because you showed me how to fall in love. And I don’t regret it, Rue. I wouldn’t want it any other way. Even if you can never say it back. Even if you never think about me again after today. Even if you were right after all, and you’re not capable of love.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love