فاطمه

“يحب العشاق الصغار القمر لا يعجبهم منه غير جمال الصورة
فاذا نضجوا في العشق هجروا القمر وأحبوا الشمس
يستهويهم الآن دفء المشاعر وطاقة الحنان
فاذا زاد نضجهم صاموا عن الدنيا
وأحبوا خالق الشمس والقمر وحده”
― أحمد بهجت, مذكرات صائم

“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can't help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. I am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year. I feel I know you so well that I couldn't have known you better if we'd been friends for twenty years. You won't fail me, will you? Only two minutes, and you've made me happy forever. Yes, happy. Who knows, perhaps you've reconciled me with myself, resolved all my doubts.

When I woke up it seemed to me that some snatch of a tune I had known for a long time, I had heard somewhere before but had forgotten, a melody of great sweetness, was coming back to me now. It seemed to me that it had been trying to emerge from my soul all my life, and only now-

If and when you fall in love, may you be happy with her. I don't need to wish her anything, for she'll be happy with you. May your sky always be clear, may your dear smile always be bright and happy, and may you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

“أليست معجزة أن الانسان يبتسم ؟
قل لي أي مخلوقات الله يبتسم غير الانسان ؟؟
ان الحيوان لا يبتسم أبداً ..ووحوش الغابة ربما أطلقت أصواتاً تشبه القهقهات البشرية المخمورة ,لكن أحداً لا يبتسم في الوجود غير الانسان .... ثم يقولون لنا : نريد أن نرى الله كي نؤمن به !!!”
― أحمد بهجت, حوار بين طفل ساذج وقط مثقف

“Did you ever fly a kite in bed?
Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head?
Did you ever milk this kind of cow?
Well, we can do it. We know how.
If you never did, you should.
These things are fun and fun is good.”
― Dr. Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish