Muhammad Abdo

“If I live a day and I don’t know a little more than I did the day before, I think I wasted that day.”
― Neil DeGrasse Tyson

“he doesn't play the game ... He refuses to lie. Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler. But Meursault, contrary to appearances, doesn't want to make life simpler. He says what he is, he refuses to hide his feelings and society immediately feels threatened.”
― Albert Camus

“أَرى كُلَّ يَومٍ بِالجَرائِدِ مَزلَقاً
مِنَ القَبرِ يُدنيني بِغَيرِ أَناةِ
وَأَسْمَعُ لِلكُتّابِ في مِصْرَ ضَجَّةً
فَأَعلَمُ أَنَّ الصائِحينَ نُعاتي
أَيَهجُرُني قَومي عَفا اللَهُ عَنهُمُ
إِلى لُغَةٍ لَم تَتَّصِلِ بِرُواةِ
سَرَت لوثَةُ الإِفرِنجِ فيها كَما سَرى
لُعَابُ الأَفاعي في مَسيلِ فُراتِ
فَجاءَت كَثَوبٍ ضَمَّ سَبعينَ رُقعَةً
مُشَكَّلَةَ الأَلوانِ مُختَلِفاتِ
إِلى مَعشَرِ الكُتّابِ وَالجَمعُ حافِلٌ
بَسَطتُ رَجائي بَعدَ بَسطِ شَكاتي
فَإِمّا حَياةٌ تَبعَثُ المَيْتَ في البِلَى
وَتُنبِتُ في تِلكَ الرُموسِ رُفاتي
وَإِمّا مَماتٌ لا قِيامَةَ بَعدَهُ
مَماتٌ لَعَمري لَم يُقَس بِمَماتِ”
― حافظ إبراهيم

“Funerals aren't for dead people. They're for the living.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give