لينة محمود

“Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.”
― Emma Donoghue, Room

“يبدو لي أن هناك سلّماً صعودياً للقيم فى الحياة ، وفى موضع ما من هذا السلم يوجد خط لعله وهمي ، إذا كان المرء تحته فهو ( يوجد ) وإذا كان فوقه فهو ( يحيا )”
― أحمد بهجت, مذكرات صائم

“فَرْقٌ كبير بين أن تحبها لأنها جميلة، وأن تكون جميلة لأنك تحبها.”
― أنيس منصور

“Acknowledgements!
My thanks to Hollywood
When you showed me John Rambo
Stitching up his arm with no anaesthetic
And giving them “a war they won’t believe”
I knew then my calling, the job for me

Thanks also to the recruitment adverts
For showing me soldiers whizzing around on skis
And for sending sergeants to our school
To tell us of the laughs, the great food, the pay
The camaraderie

I am, dear taxpayer, forever in your debt
You paid for my all-inclusive pilgrimage
One year basking in the Garden of Eden
(I haven’t quite left yet)

Thanks to Mum and thanks to Dad
Fuck it,
Thanks to every parent
Flushing with pride for their brave young lads
Buying young siblings toy guns and toy tanks
Waiting at the airport
Waving their flags”
― Danny Martin