Abde rahim Benna

“ولتتهامس النجوم على حضورك وتقول:
هذا هو القمر فمن المحتال الذى احتل مكانه فى الافلاك منذ عصور”
― غادة السمان, الأبديه لحظه حب

“There’s just something terrifying about admitting you like someone. In a way, it’s actually easier when there’s no chance of anything happening. But there’s this threshold where things suddenly become possible. And then your cards are on the table. And there you are, wanting, right out in the open.”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited

“I mean, here’s the thing I don’t get. How do people come to expect that their crushes will be reciprocated? Like, how does that get to be your default assumption?”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited

“I'm on the toilet at the 9:30 Club and I'm wondering how mermaids pee.”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited