“The Egyptian revolution will remain indebted to everyone who tossed a stone into the still waters at a time when doing so risked beating, and arrest, or worse.”
“Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so suddenly and with a force that is impossible to control.”
“Jonas was at her side. She didn't know why he'd risked his life for her so many times, but she was forever indebted to him.”
“Let reason flow like water around a stone, the stone remains.”
“Everyone gets so worried about the people who are still living when the people who are really hurting are the dead ones. People like Grandma and Graham.They don’t exist anymore.There is nothing worse than that”
“And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”