Shaimaa

“What do you want then?"
The old answers came easily to mind. Money. Vengeance. Jordie's voice in my head silenced forever. But a different reply roared to life inside him, loud, insistent, and unwelcome. You, Inej. You.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“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

“الأدب جولةٌ تنقلك بلا سابق إنذار من منظر إلى منظر وتسمعك أصواتًا متعددة ومتناقضة أحيانًا”
― عبد الفتاح كيليطو, الأدب والغرابة: دراسات بنيوية في الأدب العربي

“امرأة تحمل سلة وتمشي في الشوارع، لا أحد يعرف إن كان ما في السلة خبزا ساخنا أم حلوى مسمومة.”
― رضوى عاشور, رأيت النخل