Karim Soliman

“There’s a joke that I once heard a comedienne tell. It goes like this: “I’m not sure if I’m ready to have children. I asked a friend of mine who has children, ‘Suppose I do have kids. What if when they grow up, they blame me for everything that’s wrong with their lives?’ She laughed and said, ‘What do you mean, if?’ ”
― Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

“الليل والصمت..
الليل والصمت وأغنية الانهزام..
الليل والصمت وأغنية الانهزام وصحوة الجرح الذي لم يلتئم بعد..
الليل والصمت وأغنية الانهزام وصحوة الجرح الذي لم يلتئم بعد والشهوات التي لم ترتو قط.”
― Ahmed Khaled Toufiq, في ممر الفئران

“I have to find a way of making myself happy, I have to stop looking for happiness elsewhere. It’s true,”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

“Carl had met Renee at a party given by a colleague of his. He had been taken with her face. Hers was a remarkably plain face, and it appeared quite somber most of the time, but during the party he saw her smile twice and frown once; at those moments, her entire countenance assumed the expression as if it had never known another. Carl had been caught by surprise: he could recognize a face that smiled regularly, or a face that frowned regularly, even if it were unlined. He was curious as to how her face had developed such a close familiarity with so many expressions, and yet normally revealed nothing. It took a long time for him to understand Renee, to read her expressions. But it had definitely been worthwhile. Now”
― Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others