Hanan

“I usually get distracted when I’m on the internet. I open one or two tabs to look something up for school but it turns out that I open more than 30 tabs, most of them irrelevant to my research. It’s funny because it reminds me of getting to know people in my life. I have a goal and spending time with too many people might delay me from achieving it. I see it as if people were internet browser tabs.”
― Abdullah Abu Snaineh, Armband of Being

“لكن لا يوجد جمال على وجه الأرض يدوم إلى الأبد. إذ أن المدن تنتصب فوق أعمدة روحية كالمرايا العملاقة، وهي تعكس قلوب سكانها، فإذا أظلمت هذه القلوب وفقدت إيمانها فإنها ستفقدبريقها وبهاءها،لقد حدث ذلك لمدن كثيرة وهو يحدث دائماً”
― إليف شافاق

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يدُها الصغيرةُ
بينَ كفَّيْهِ
لؤلؤةٌ
في حضنِ صَدَفَتِها”
― سوزان عليوان, لنتخيل المشهد

“If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.”
― Nicolas Chamfort