Marwa

“Oh, they have robbed me of the hope. My spirit held so dear; They will not let me hear that voice My soul delights to hear.

They will not let me see that face I so delight to see; And they have taken all thy smiles. And all thy love from me.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

“If a woman is fair and amiable, she is praised for both qualities, but especially the former, by the bulk of mankind: if, on the other hand, she is disagreeable in person and character, her plainness is commonly inveighed against as her greatest crime, because, to common observers, it gives the greatest offence; while, if she is plain and good, provided she is a person of retired manners and secluded life, no one ever knows of her goodness, except her immediate connections”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

“قال لي أحد المعزين: "آخر الأحزان ياسيدنا". ما أسخف هذه العبارة. لا هي أمنية فتتحقق و لا دعاء فيستجاب. كلما رددها أحدهم سمعها الناس هكذا:"آخر الأحزان" و سمعتها أنا هكذا:"أتمنى لك الموت عاجلاً قبل أن يصيبك الحزن التالي". من نحن بلا أحزان؟ كيف نأمن على أنفسنا بدونها ألا نتيه في أودية الغفلة مثل شياهٍ ضالة؟”
― محمد حسن علوان, موت صغير

“They that have beauty, let them be thankful for it, and make a good use of it, like any other talent; they that have it not, let them console themselves, and do the best they can without it: certainly, though liable to be over-estimated, it is a gift of God, and not to be despised. ”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey