Reham

“وقد خلق النساء لامتحان جنون الرجال، وخلق الرجال لامتحان عقول النساء”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, رسائل الأحزان

“شرم برم حالي غلبان
أهل البنوك والأطيان
صاروا على الأعيان أعيان
وابن البلد ماشي عريان
ممعاه ولا حق الدخان
شرم برم حالي غلبان”
― عبدالله النديم

“After she was gone there would be no one who knew the whole of her life. She did not even know the whole of it! Perhaps she should have written some of it down...but really what would have been the point in that? Everything passed, she would too. This perspective offered her an unexpected clarity she nearly enjoyed, but even with this new clarity the world offered no more explanation for itself than it ever had.”
― Susan Minot, Evening

“يموت الحي شيئاً فشيئا؛ وحين لا يبقى فيه ما يموت، يُقال: مات”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, كلمة وكليمة