Faris Alsaleh

“If I were a Palestinian at the right age, I would have joined one of the terrorist organizations at a certain stage.”
― Ehud Barak

“If I should die,” said I to myself, “I have left no immortal work behind me—nothing to make my friends proud of my memory—but I have lov’d the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remember’d.”
― Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion

“—It is hard to die. Harder to live.”
― Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion

“Have you ever noticed how on a trip—even a very long one—it is often the first week or so that stands out most clearly in your memory? Perhaps it is the enhanced perception that voyages bring, or perhaps it is an effect of orientation response on the senses, or perhaps it is simply that even the charm of newness soon wears off, but it has been my experience that the first days in a new place, or seeing new people, often set the tone for the rest of the trip. Or in this case, the rest of my life.”
― Dan Simmons, Endymion