Nermine Abdulhafiz

“Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“So at the heart of all things is the germ of their overthrow; the closer you are to the heart, the closer to the reversal. Nowhere to go but down. You reach the core and then you're blown away--”
― Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love

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‏في بعض الأوقات، لم تكن المشكلة حقًا في إفلات أصابع من أحببت، وإن كان لا بد من أن تؤلمنا أصابعنا بشكل ما، كلما كان شعورها صادقًا.. لطالما كانت المشكلة في حصولك على ذكريات لست متأكدًا من صدقها.”
― أسما حسين

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars