Omar Elersh

“And never have I felt so deeply
at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.”
― Albert Camus

“I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“السلام عليكم ياللى سيبتونا و نزلتم تحت
السلام عليمن ياللى سيبتونا و طلعتم فوق
ما بيبكيناش ف غيابكم الا الشوق
و ما تفهموش من ضحكتى انى ارتحت
لو حد فينا ارتاح
يبقى اللى بيغمض ساعة الفراق
اما انا ساعة الفراق ... فتحت”
― مصطفى إبراهيم, المانيفستو

“I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet