Nashwa Abdo

“In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences”
― Alija Izetbegović, Inescapable Questions

“What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shouldn't have? What if I was a liar and a cheat and there was no excuse for what I'd done other than because it was what I wanted and needed to do? What if I was sorry, but if I could go back in time I wouldn't do anything differently than I had done? What if I'd actually wanted to fuck every one of those men? What if heroin taught me something? What if yes was the right answer instead of no? What if what made me do all those things everyone thought I shouldn't have done was what also had got me here? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?”
― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

“There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant

“كما هي الحال في أوساطنا الشعبية حتى الآن لاسيما في المجالس وحيدة الجنس -النساء أو الرجال- كثيراً ما يُجمع الدين إلى الجنس، وتُروى نوادر مضحكة يهواها العامة، فهي تصيب مُحَرّمين في آن واحد. هذه النكات الجنسية الدينية تقوم بوظيفة التعويض عن التقشف الجنسي ومن ضغط الإيمان الديني. فهي والحالة هذه لا تدل على استهتار ديني ومجون جنسي، بل العكس تشير إلى انسحاق ديني وتزمت جنسي.”
― بو علي ياسين