Osama

“Please. Do me this one, great favor, Jones. If ever you hear anyone, when you are back home...if ever you hear anyone speak of the East," and here his voice plummeted a register, and the tone was full and sad, "hold your judgment. If you are told 'they are all this' or 'they do this' or 'their opinions are these,' withhold your judgment until all the facts are upon you. Because that land they call 'India' goes by a thousand names and is populated by millions, and if you think you have found two men the same among that multitude, then you are mistaken. It is merely a trick of the moonlight.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“أحد فنون الكذب الحميدة . التي احترفتها من سنوات . المداراة .. مداراة الخوف ، مداراة الألم ، مداراة اليأس ، وأحياناً مداراة الشغف”
― أماني خليل, الوهج

“Where I come from," said Archie, "a bloke likes to get to know a girl before he marries her."
"Where you come from it is customary to boil vegetables until they fall apart. This does not mean," said Samad tersely, "that it is a good idea.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth