Maram

“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“May I a small house and large garden have;
And a few friends,
And many books, both true.”
― Abraham Cowley

“يا ويح قلبك من مرام لا يرام!”
― Naguib Mahfouz, ‫قصر الشوق‬

“إن الموت طبيعي كالحياة.. وما قيمة الخلود مادمنا نشبع بعد الجوع، ونشيخ بعد الشباب، ونسأم بعد المسرة؟”
― Naguib Mahfouz, ‫رادوبيس‬