Iman

“So many things you promise yourself you won't get used to, and then you do.”
― Kamila Shamsie, Burnt Shadows

“If I could live again my life,
In the next - I'll try,
- to make more mistakes,
I won't try to be so perfect,
I'll be more relaxed...
I'll take fewer things seriously..
I'll take more risks,
I'll take more trips,
I'll watch more sunsets,
I'll climb more mountains,
I'll swim more rivers,
I'll go to more places I've never been
I'll eat more ice ...I'll have more real problems and less imaginary ones

If I could live again - I will travel light
If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet at the beginning of spring till the end of autumn,
I'll watch more sunrises ...If I have the life to live”
― Anonymous

“المرء ليس دائما هو كيف انتهى وليس كيف بدأ؛ فقد ينتهي بما بدأ أو لم يبدأ بما انتهى. إننا ما نصير إليه”
― محمد شكري, وجوه

“... but as he no longer stands on his native soil, his art can't possibly have roots. An artist creates true art for his people only as long as he lives, and suffers, among them.”
― Olga Grushin, The Line