Badbitch

“Elizabeth."
I feel my smile on my face as I understand what she is doing. Though it's a strange one, she has a name-sound just like I do, and she's telling me what it is. I try to make the same sounds.
"Ehh..beh." I frown. Why is her name-sound so difficult and so long?
She frowns right back at me and says it again. "Elizabeth."
"Beh-tah-babaa."
She sighs and her forehead wrinkles.
"Elizabeth. Eeee-lizzzz-ahh-beth."
"Laahh...baaay."
She taps her chest again.
"Beth!"
The sound is shorter but still very odd.
"Beh-bet."
"Beth," she repeats.
I've had enough. I reach out and touch her should.
"Beh."
"Beth."
I tap her a little harder and growl.
"Beh", I repeat. I tap her again. "BEH!"
Her eyes widen a bit, and she inhales sharply. A moment later, her shoulders drop and she sighs.
"Beh," she says quietly.”
― Shay Savage, Transcendence

“الغرب لن يساعدك بلا مقابل.. بل سيغرقك في سلع إستهلاكية لتحقيق مصالحه ، و لن يجعلك تكون منتجاً أبداً.. عبد الناصر كان بعيد النظر، عندما توغل في إفريقيا و آمن بالعروبة.. و لكنني أشك كثيراً أن السادات سيسير على نهجه و واضح أنه سيتجه غرباً.. و إذا ما فعل، سيذهب إليهم بلا جذور، و تباعاً سيقلده الباقون.. فمصر رائدة في كل ما تفعله، و إذا ما حدث سنكون جُزراً منعزلة، و هذا ما يريدونه بالظبط”
― أشرف العشماوي, تويا

“The darkest day of my life was the day I heard of Lincoln's assassination. I did not know what it meant. Here was the rebellion put down in the field, and starting up in the gutters...”
― Ulysses S. Grant

“Uncle Drew?"
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"Where do babies come from?”
― Emma Chase, Twisted