Fatma Elsayed

“I don’t know how they do it. I don’t know how anybody
does it, waking up every morning and eating and moving
from the bus to the assembly line, where the teacherbots
inject us with Subject A and Subject B, and passing
every test they give us. Our parents provide the list of
ingredients and remind us to make healthy choices: one
sport, two clubs, one artistic goal, community service, no
grades below a B, because really, nobody’s average, not
around here. It’s a dance with complicated footwork and
a changing tempo.
I’m the girl who trips on the dance floor and can’t find
her way to the exit. All eyes on me.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“a wish is a good place to start but then you have to get off your butt and make it happen. You have to pick up a quill and write your own damn story.”
― Suzanne Selfors, Saving Juliet

“تمر بك أيام تشعر فيها بان كل شيء يثقل على صدرك
الذين يحبونك والذين يكرهونك والذين يعرفونك والذين لا يعرفونك
تشعر بالحاجة إلى أن تكون وحيدا كغيمة
أن تعيد النظر بأشياء كثيرة
أن تعود إلى ذاتك مشتاقا لتنبشها وتواجهها بعد طول هجر
.أن تفجر كل القنابل الموقوتة التي تسكنك”
― غادة السمان

“If your twin was dead, were you still a twin?”
― Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True