Sharif Hamawi

“He walked across the room and flicked a switch. A spotlight turned on, illuminating a laminated poster of a woman on his wall. He took a crayon from his pocket and began drawing on it. I could see smudges from past demonstrations. [. . .] His dashed lines crisscrossed the woman's chest as if he were planning a military maneuver on undulating terrain.”
― Kim van Alkemade, Orphan Number Eight

“My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

“To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?”
― Justin Alcala