Sarah Shaheen

“I kept thinking about the uneven quality of time--the way it was almost always so empty, and then with no warning came a few days that felt so dense and alive and real that it seemed indisputable that that was what life was, that its real nature had finally been revealed. But then time passed and unthinkably grew dead again, and it turned out that that fullness had been an aberration and might never come back.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“الخير لا ينهزم، و الشر لا ينتصر، و لكننا لا نشهد من الزمان إلا اللحظة العابرة، و العجز و الموت يحولان بيننا و بين رؤية الحقيقة”
― نجيب محفوظ, Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth

“The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.”
― Henry Miller, Sexus

“ما أجمل أن ينصحنا الأغنياء بالفقر”
― نجيب محفوظ, The Thief and the Dogs