Hashem Soleman

“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“He said something like that:
“In all languages in the world, there is the same proverb: ‘What the eyes don’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over.’ Well, I say that there isn’t any ounce of truth in it. The further off they are, the closer to the heart are all those feelings that we try to repress and forget. If we’re far from exile, we want to store away every tiny memory of our roots. If we’re far from the person we love, everyone we pass in the street reminds us of them.
At the end of the service, I went up to him and thanked him: I said I was a stranger in a strange land, and I thanked him for reminding me that what the eyes don’t see, the heart does grieve over. And my heart has grieved so much, that today I’m leaving.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“سوف أجازيك بما لا طاقة لك به، أن تعيش مع من لا تحب، و تتنفس ما لا تريد، و تكتب ما لا تفهم، و تقرأ ما لا قيمة له، و ترتدى ما يهين جسدك، و تحل الكلمات المتقاطعة، و تحفظ أقوال من يذيقونك السعير، و تدفع نفقة لمن يسلبك هدوءك، و تتجول بين السحب دون أن تضع قدمك على الأرض، و تنام عند إشراق الحلم، و تستيقظ أمام التليفزيون”
― محمد مستجاب, الحزن يميل للممازحة

“Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or--such is the pleasure they experience--they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes