Mohamed Maher

“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

“I deserve you least of all. But I want you the most.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Cruel Winter with You

“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

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