Ahmed Elemam

“We stand there, quiet. My questions all seem wrong: How did you get so old? Was it all at once, in a day, or did you peter out bit by bit? When did you stop having parties? Did everyone else get old too, or was it just you? Are other people still here, hiding in the palm trees or holding their breath underwater? When did you last swim your laps? Do your bones hurt? Did you know this was coming and hide that you knew, or did it ambush you from behind?”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“Time’s a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?” Scotty shook his head. “The goon won.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged and those excluded from it are missing out.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“إن المطلوب هو حداثة جديدة تتبنى العلم والتكنولوجيا ولا تضرب بالقيم أو بالغائية الإنسانية عرض الحائط ، حداثة تحيى العقل ولا تميت القلب ، تنمى وجودنا المادى ولا تنكر الأبعاد الروحية لهذا الوجود ، تعيش الحاضر دون أن تنكر التراث”
― عبد الوهاب المسيري, رحلتي الفكرية: في البذور والجذور والثمر