Asmaa

“إن القلم لأمثالنا لنعمة ممن كتبت عليهم الوحدة، ولكن القلم كالجواد أحياناً ينطلق من تلقاء نفسه كالطائر المرح، وأحياناً يثب على قدميه ويأبى أن يتقدم كأن في طريقه أفعى رافعة الرأس”
― توفيق الحكيم

“The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.”
― Donald Barthelme, Come Back, Dr. Caligari

“So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our stories. It's like the stories of our lives make us the people we are. If someone had no stories, they wouldn't be human, wouldn't exist. And if my stories had been different I wouldn't be the person I am.”
― John Marsden, The Night Is for Hunting

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
― Anne Lamott