Erum Al-Howaish

“قَصَائدِي أَينَمَا يَنْتَابُنِي قَلَقِي
ومَنْزِلِي حَيثُمَا ألْقِي مَفاتيحِي”
― محمد الثبيتي

“While I can’t have you, I long for you. I am the kind of person who would miss a train or a plane to meet you for coffee. I’d take a taxi across town to see you for ten minutes. I’d wait outside all night if I thought you would open the door in the morning. If you call me and say ‘Will you…’ my answer is ‘Yes’, before your sentence is out. I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close.”
― Jeanette Winterson

“لو سألتم عن الحب أهو موجود وكيف نعثر عليه لقلت،
نعم موجود، ولكنه نادر, وهو ثمرة توفيق إلهي وليس ثمرة اجتهاد شخصي
وشرط حدوثه أن تكون النفوس خيرة أصلا جميلة أصلا،
والجمال النفسي والخير هما المشكاة التي يخرج منها هذا الحب.. ”
― د.مصطفى محمود

“Much as I have no wish to hurt anyone's feelings, my first obligation has not been to be nice but to be true to my perhaps peculiar memories, experiences and feelings.”
― Edward W. Said, Out of Place