Maha Al Aswad

“- هل تحترم حياتك؟
- لم أفكر في تقييمها بعد”
― نجيب محفوظ, الحب تحت المطر

“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

“We are focusing on the small details and hiding the misery in the world. Look at the smoker and we miss global warming, war, and the crap we eat--not the bad guys but smoking. I smoke and they talk about cancer, I eat and they talk about cholesterol, I make love, it's AIDS. Before AIDS and cholesterol and cancer there's the pleasure of making love and eating and smoking. I have to die someday, so if the thing that gave me pleasure all of my life kills me instead of me going under a truck, that's fine. Besides, why should I live so that when I die I give fresh meat to the worms? I hope that I am rotted and they don't want to eat me. F@#$ck the worms.”
― Marjane Satrapi

“اليوم بيتي ممتلئٌ بصور الخيول. ومن يزورني لأول مرة يسألني إن كنت فارسًا، بينما الحقيقة الوحيدة هي أنني ما زلتُ أعاني آثار السّقوط من سرج حصان لم أمتطه أبدا. ربما لا يلاحَظ هذا من الخارج، لكن روحي تسيرُ عرجاء منذ سبعين عاما”
― جوزيه ساراماجو