Ahlam

“I love the way that each book—any book—is its own journey. You open it, and off you go….”
― Sharon Creech

“Like some wondrous birds out of fairy tales, books sang their songs to me and spoke to me as though communing with one languishing in prison; they sang of the variety and richness of life, of man’s audacity in his strivings towards goodness and beauty.”
― Maxim Gorky

“Our existence has always and everywhere been tragic, but man has converted these numberless tragedies into works of art. I know of nothing more astonishing or more wonderful than this transformation.”
― Maxim Gorky

“So close that your hand upon my chest is mine,
so close that your eyes close with my sleep.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets