Passant Ali

“أســأل نفــســي الآن ...إن يــكــن كــل ذلـك المــاضـي البعــيــد قــد اختــفــي?!...أسأل إن يــكــن ذلك الشــاب المــوزع الــروح قــد التأمــت أجــزاؤه?!...أم زادتهــا الأيــام تبعثــراً?!”
― بهاء طاهر, واحة الغروب

“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“The distance is nothing when one has a motive.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice