Šhaïmaæ Al-Sãwý

“ما الخطأ في أن يتعلق الغريق بلوح خشب أو عود أو قشة؟ ما الجرم في أن يصنع لنفسه قنديلاً مزججاً و ملوناً لكي يتحمل عتمة ألوانه؟”
― رضوى عاشور, ثلاثية غرناطة

“لا شك أنه توجد وسائل كثيرة للتعلم مثل السماع والرؤية والخبرة والتجربة ... لكن تبقى الوسيلة الأعظم في التعلم هي (القراءة), وكأن الله عز وجل يعلمناأنه مهما تعددت وسائل التعلم فلا بد لنا من القراءة”
― راغب السرجاني, القراءة منهج حياة

“Miriam wished for so much in those final moments. Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Miriam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad. This was a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate belongings.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
― P.G. Wodehouse