Diaa Sersawi

“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except me.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“صرت أخاف أنْ أطيل النوم, كي لايذهب الجميع وأظل وحدي.”
― زياد الرحباني, صديقي الله

“You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet--you've not got your niche in creation. But some day that will come, and meanwhile don't shrink from yourself, but face yourself calmly and bravely. Have courage; do the best you can with your burden. But above all be honourable. Cling to your honour for the sake of those others who share the same burden. For their sakes show the world that people like you and they can be quite as selfless and fine as the rest of mankind. Let your life go to prove this--it would be a really great life-work, Stephen.”
― Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness

“يبدو أنني أرثُ الموتى
ويوماً ما
سأجلسُ وحدي على المقهى
بعد موتِ جميع مَن أُحبُّهم
دون أيّ شعورٍ بالفقد
حيثُ جسدي سلةٌ كبيرةٌ
ترك فيها الراحلون
ما يدلّّ عليهم.”
― إيمان مرسال, ممر معتم يصلح لتعلم الرقص