Saja

“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal — as we are!”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“نحن لا نفقد سوى مانخشى فقده لأننا عادة لا نشعر بفقدان مالا يشكل لنا أهمية تذكر”
― أثير عبدالله, أحببتك أكثر مما ينبغي

“إن أكبر جريمه يمكن لأي أنسان أن يرتكبها ...كائنا من كان ..هي أن يعتقد ولو للحظه أن ضعف الآخريين و اخطاءهم هي التي تشكل حقه في الوجود على حسابهم ...وهي التي تبرر له أخطاءه و جرائمه”
― غسان كنفاني, عائد إلى حيفا

“You must learn to respect," Papa said.

But I do not respect her," I said.

Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name