Sara

“إنَّ مكيالَ الله يزيد ولا ينقص، وما نقصك اللهُ من كفة زادك في أخرى حتى ترجح أخيرًا”
― محمد حسن علوان, موت صغير

“You always wanted calm seas. You used to claim you got along with everyone, that you kept to yourself, that you needed nothing from no one. But one can’t ask the sea to never swell into rage. And you asked a great deal from me.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

“هل يعلمون أن الحياة في سبيل الله أشق وأصعب من الموت في سبيله”
― محمد حسن علوان, موت صغير

“Solitude: it's become my trade. As it requires a certain discipline, it's a condition I try to perfect. And yet it plagues me, it weighs on me in spite of my knowing it so well.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts