آلاء يوسف

“You’re lonely,” they say,
but it doesn’t scare me
anymore
for it teaches me,
and maybe that’s the biggest win from these years:
I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore,
like I always thought I would.
I don’t break mirrors anymore,
like I always thought I would.

I can finally stand myself,
and I never thought I would.”
― Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine

“ﻫﻞ ﺃﻭﺩﻋﺖ ﻳﺎﺭﺏ ﺍﻟﻘﻠﺐ ﺟﻮﺍﺏ ﺍﻟﺴﺆﺍﻝ? ﻭﻛﻴﻒ ﻟﻲ ﺃﻥ ﺃﺷﻖ ﺻﺪﺭﻱ ﻭﺃﻏﺴﻞ ﻗﻠﺒﻲ ﻣﻦ ﻛﻞ ﺷﺎئبة ﻓﻴﺼﻔﻮ ﻛﻤﺎ ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺃﻩ ﻭﻳﻨﺠﻠﻲ ﻓﺄﺷﻬﺪ ﻓﻴﻪ ﻣﻌﻨﻰ ﺍﻟﺤﻜﺎﻳﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﻬﺪﻑ?!”
― ﺭﺿﻮﻯ ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ, ثلاثية غرناطة

“Deep rivers run quiet.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“لقد ازدادت الأشياء أناقة وتفاهة معا بمرور الوقت , صار المظهر أهم شئ في الكون!!”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, قهوة باليورانيوم