Michael

“When I'm painting people in clothes I'm always thinking very much of naked people, or animals dressed.”
― Lucian Freud

“Uncle Jihad used to say that what happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of those events affect us. My father and I may have shared numerous experiences, but, as I was constantly finding out, we rarely shared their stories; we din't know how to listen to one another.”
― Rabih Alameddine

“As far as I'm concerned, religion is public transportation I never use.”
― Kamel Daoud

“Ruhe gibt es nicht, bis zum Schluss. Und dann? Auch am Schluss steht noch ein Fragezeichen.
(There is no peace until the end and even then there would still be a question mark.)”
― Klaus Mann, Der Wendepunkt