Gehad Hammad

“Common decency, good manners, kindness and hard work were treated as peculiarities”
― Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things

“سمعت أن الموت إذا أتى الصالحين كان ضيفا خفيفا يستقبلونه بقلوب مطمئنة
أترى قلبي مطمئنا؟ أأكون من الصالحين حقا؟”
― محمد الدواخلي, من حكايات الغول الأحمر الأخير

“Perhaps he had seen her as a challenge. Or a novelty.”
― Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things

“I remember Mum repeatedly telling us we had good hearts and good brains. When she said that we'd say 'thanks' and it might have sounded as if we were thanking her for seeing us that way but actually we were thanking her for giving us whatever goodness was in us.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours