Mariam Elzeiny

“The homeland does not leave the body until the last moment, the moment of death.

The fish,
Even in the fisherman's net,
Still carries
The smell of the sea.”
― Mourid Barghouti, رأيت رام الله

“لا تطلب منه أن يخرجك من حالة ليستعملك فيما سواها، فلو أراد لاستعملك بغير إخراج.”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية

“Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“ولا شكّ أن إعانة الظّالم تبتدئ من مجرّد الإقامة في أرضه.”
― عبد الرحمن الكواكبي, طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد