Ahdaf Soueif Quotes

But things move on and by the time you've plotted your position the world around you has changed and you are running -panting- to catch up.

Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing

If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too?

So at the heart of all things is the germ of their overthrow; the closer you are to the heart, the closer to the reversal. Nowhere to go but down. You reach the core and then you're blown away--

So. Tell me. What do you think? Which is better? To take action and perhaps make a fatal mistake - or to take no action and die slowly anyway?

And so the very thing that should make Egypt strong - the richness and diversity of her culture - serves to divide her and make her weak.