“Some people appear to be happy, but they simply don't give the matter much thought. Others make plans: I'm going to have a husband, a home, two children, a house in the country. As long as they're busy doing that, they're like bulls looking for the bullfighter: they react instinctively, they blunder on, with no idea where the target is. They get their car, sometimes they even get a Ferrari, and they think that's the meaning of life, and they never question it. Yet their eyes betray the sadness that even they don't know they carry in their soul. Are you happy?”
― The Zahir
― The Zahir
“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
“When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny. Perhaps there's something wrong with me, I don't know, perhaps my marriage was a dream I couldn't understand while it lasted. All I know is that even though I can live without her, I would still like to see her again, to say what I never said when we were together: I love you more than I love myself. If I could say that, then I could go on living, at peace with myself, because that love has redeemed me.”
― The Zahir
― The Zahir
“فرغم خروج دعاتنا وفقهائنا على الفضائيات في كل مناسبة والتغني بتكريم الإسلام للمرأة، إلا أنه لا يخفى على أحد كيف كرس الفقه الموروث وضعاً مهيناً لها، ربما عن غير قصد تماماً، لكنه وضع يناسب مجتمعات ذكورية تسودها الروح القبلية والعشائرية، فالمرأة وفق هذا الفقه متاع مع الأشياء والحيوانات، وناقصة عقلٍ ودين، تحتاج لولي يزوجها ومحرم يسافر معها، باعتبارها ضلع قاصر لا تستطيع تولي أمور حياتها، ضمن نظرة دونية بعيدة كل البعد عما جاء في التنزيل الحكيم، نظرة تقدم الحجج الجاهزة لكل من يتهم الإسلام بالتخلف والرجعية، وتعطي مسوغاً لظلم النساء حتى من أنفسهن، راضين في كثير من الأحيان بالتنازل عن حقوقهن لرجل ظالم، له أفضلية عليهن، على اعتبار أن الله أعطاه القوامة، فله أن يتدخل في شؤون أخته، أو يضرب امرأته، أو يتزوج ثلاثة أخر، أو يطلقها متى أراد، وعليها طاعته والرضوخ لرغباته كي لا تلعنها الملائكة، وعليها التستر كي لا تفتن السيد المبجل، وكل ذلك في أغلب الحالات لن يجعلها تطال الجنة، حيث أكثر من في جهنم من النساء.”
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“Be a little kinder than you have to.
Never eat anything bigger than your ass
Do not accept an evil you can change
Always do what your afraid to do”
― We Were Liars
Never eat anything bigger than your ass
Do not accept an evil you can change
Always do what your afraid to do”
― We Were Liars
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