Me-not

“ويبدو أن هناك رجال لا يمكن قتلهم إلا من الداخل”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong."

He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife? My skin tingles at the point of contact, like he's transmitting electricity through his skin.

"My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press." he says, his fingers squeezing at the word break. My body tenses at the edge in his voice, so I am coiled as tight as a spring, and I forget to breathe.

His dark eyes lifting to mine, he adds, "But I resist it."

"Why..." I swallow hard. "Why is that your first instinct?"

"Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just want to see it again. Want to see you awake.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make me bare too.
‘Is this scaring you, Tris?’
‘No,’ I croak. I clear my throat. ‘Not really. I’m only…afraid of what I want.’
‘What do you want?’ Then his face tightens. ‘Me?’
Slowly I nod.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“إن قائمة فشل الدولة في التعامل مع فوضوية السوق العالمية تكاد تكون بلا نهاية. إذ شيئا فشيئا تفقد الحكومات في أرجاء المعمورة قدرتها على أخذ زمام المبادرة في توجيه تطور أممها. فعلى كل الأصعدة يتضح للعيان الخطأ السائد في نظام التكامل العالمي: فمع أن تدفق السلع ورأس المال قد اتخذ أبعادا عالمية, إلا أن التوجيه والرقابة ظلتا مهمة وطنية. لقد صار الاقتصاد هو المهيمن على السياسة.”
― Hans-Peter Martin, فخ العولمة: الاعتداء على الديموقراطية والرفاهية