Eman El Maghraby

“It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiastically they drive you to your own destruction: even the kindest ones, the ones that are most loving, can rarely have your interests truly at heart, because usually they are advising you from within lives of greater security and greater confinement, where escape is not a reality but simply something they dream of sometimes. Perhaps, he said, we are all like animals in the zoo, and once we see that one of us has got out of the enclosure we shout at him to run like mad, even though it will only result in him becoming lost.”
― Rachel Cusk, Transit

“If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.”
― Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

“وكان يحلو له أن يتخيل أن كل ما هو كائن ليس سوى كابوس عابر، لأن الله لا يمكن أن يترك عباده وينساهم كأنهم لم يعبدوه ويعمروا بيته وقلوبهم بحبه وذكره...”
― Radwa Ashour, ثلاثية غرناطة

“We don't naturally fall into perfect relationship; we create them”
― Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself