بتول ملحم

“قال: الليالي جرعتني علقما
قلت: ابتسم ولئن جرعت العلقما!

فلعل غيرك إن رآك مرنما
طرح الكآبة جانبا وترنما

أتراك تغنم بالتبرم درهما
أم أنت تخسر بالبشاشة مغنما؟!

يا صاح لا خطر على شفتيك أن
تتثلما والوجه أن يتحطما

فاضحك فإن الشهب تضحك والدجى
متلاطم ولذا نحب الأنجما”
― إيليا أبو ماضي

“When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.”
― Maxim Gorky

“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― Philip Larkin, High Windows

“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.”
― Clarence Darrow