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“لا أُحبُّكَ. مَنْ أَنت حتَّي أُحبَّك؟
هل أَنت بعضُ أَنايَ، وموعدُ شاي،
وبُحَّة ناي، وأُغنيّةٌ كي أُحبَّك؟
لكنني أكرهُ الاعتقالَ ولا أَكرهُكْ”
― محمود درويش, حالة حصار

“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.”
― Toni Morrison

“I have to remind myself to breathe -- almost to remind my heart to beat!”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights