Kareem Attia

“خذ مثلا الرائد فؤاد الذي قاد حملات تعذيب الإخوان المسلمين في سجن القلعة وسجن أبي زعبل في الخمسينيات. يظهر مستقرا وراء مكتبه، في كامل ملابسه، ويُشرف. الشتائم البذيئة أولا ثم الركل واللكمات، يعقبها تعصيب العينين وتعليق المعتقل عاريا لكهربته وإطفاء السجائر في بدنه من كل الجهات وبلا عوائق.

هل هذا الرائد هو نفسه اللواء فؤاد الذي يتكرر ظهوره في القنوات الفضائية بشعر فضي وسترة أنيقة، يتحدث بوقار، لا يرفّ له جفن، لا يرتجف صوته ولا ترتعش يداه ولا قسمات وجهه، يجيب على أسئلة المذيعة التي قدمته بوصفه خبيرا في شئون الإرهاب والجماعات المحظورة؟”
― رضوى عاشور, فرج

“You have a place in my nature which no one else could fill. You have played a fundamental part in my development. And this grief, which has been like a clod between our two souls, does it not begin to dissipate? Ours is not an everyday affection. As yet, we are mortal, and to live side by side with one another would be dreadful, for somehow, with you I cannot long be trivial, and, you know, to be always beyond this mortal state would be to lose it. If people marry, they must live together as affectionate humans who may be commonplace with each other without feeling awkward- not as two souls. So I feel it.
I might marry in the years to come. It would be a woman I could kiss and embrace, whom I could make the mother of my children, whom I could talk to playfully, trivially, earnestly, but never with this dreadful seriousness. See how fate has disposed things. You, you might marry, a man who would not pour himself out like fire before you. I wonder if you understand- I wonder if I understand myself.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers

“...you love me so much, you want to put me in your pocket. And there I will die smothered.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers

“Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...!”
― Rumi