Majd Ali

“فان الموت يعشق فجأة، مثلي

وإن الموت، مثلي، لا يحب الانتظار”
― محمود درويش

“It is not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Mov’d earth and heaven, that which we are, we are:
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
― Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses

“In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity. They show up in robes, rags, silver sashes, or with muddy feet. They show up with skin dark as old wood, or in scales made of rose petal, as a frail child, as a lime-yellow old woman, as a man who cannot speak, or as an animal who can. The great powers are testing to see if humans have yet learned to recognize the greatness of soul in all its varying forms.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“يجب أن ننفض عن أنفسنا غبار التبعية الإدراكية و نبحث عن حلول لمشاكلنا نولّدها من نماذجنا المعرفية ومنظوماتنا القيمية والأخلاقية ومن إيماننا بإنسانيتنا المشتركة, و هي منظومات تؤكد أن المجتمع الإنساني يسبق الفرد (تماماً كما يسبق الإنسان الطبيعة/المادة)”
― عبدالوهاب المسيري, قضية المرأة: بين التحرير والتمركز حول الأنثى