"It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance."

“If you silence yourself, if you try to be good, if you try to be polite, or toe a party line, you end up paying for that in the long run. You pay for it . . . with your homeland, or with your soul, or with your artistic vision.”

Source : "Diana Abu-Jaber: The Only Response to Silencing is to Keep Speaking". Interview with Andrea Shalal-Esa, www.aljadid.com. 2002.

“Just as the blessings of God are unutterably great, so their acquisition requires much hardship and toil undertaken with hope and faith.”

“You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.”

“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.”

“One can discern a few very general myths that facilitate the birth of further myths: that everything is possible; that whatever we have failed to explain in normal and earthly terms must have paranormal or supernatural explanations; and that science, being rational, cannot explain the irrational, such as taste and love.”

Source : Source: deutsche-denker.de

“I mean, I'm obviously not one of those people who's so beautiful women take their clothes off when I walk into the room. I didn't become a star overnight.”

“I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.”

“My asshole is doing as much to keep me alive as my brain.”

Source : "The Martian". Book by Andy Weir, 2011.