DoniaAshour

“The idea that we are better off with one person for the rest of our lives is not an innate truth of existence. It’s a belief we want to be true. Forfeiting solitude, independence, is a much greater sacrifice than most of us realize. Sharing a habitat, a life, is for sure harder than being alone. In fact, coupled living seems virtually impossible, doesn’t it? To find another person to spend all your life with? To age with and change with? To see every day, to respond to their moods and needs?”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“يبدو الشعور بالذنب وكأنه الشعور الذي يوحّد الأمهات على اختلافهن .”
― إيمان مرسال Iman Mersal, كيف تلتئم: عن الأمومة وأشباحها

“I want to crawl into her for refuge lay my head
in the space between her breast and shoulder
abnegating power for love
as women have done”
― Adrienne Rich, The Dream of a Common Language

“I don't often talk—or even think—about it. It's sort of a nebulous, patchy memory. But the parts I recall, I remember with clarity.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things