Diaa Sersawi

“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

“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.”
― Adrienne Rich, Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying

“I choose to love this time for once
with all my intelligence

-from "Splittings”
― Adrienne Rich, The Dream of a Common Language