Khadija Maqableh

“فراموشی خواهد شد، انگار که نبوده ای
به سان مرگ پرنده ای، فراموشی خواهد شد
چون عشقی گذرا
و گلی در شب... فراموشی خواهد شد”
― Mahmoud Darwish, لا تعتذر عما فعلت

“your relationship with air—that’s key. You can’t break up with air.
You’re kind of stuck together. Only slightly less crucial is water. And then food.
You can’t be dropping food to hang with someone else. You need to strike up an agreement with it.”
― Ned Vizzini

“لما عظمت فليس مصر واسعي

لما غلا ثمني عدمت المشتري”
― ابن سينا

“I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.”
― Stephen Greenblatt