“Coffee should not be drunk in a hurry. It is the sister of time, and should be sipped slowly, slowly. Coffee is the sound of taste, a sound for the aroma. It is a meditation and a plunge into memories and the soul.” — Mahmoud Darwish It’s not only about…

Whatever we specialize in, I believe we acquire two important things: Knowledge Acquisition: hardcore techniques, fundamental theories and laws, important notations and equations, etc… Perception Acquisition: the way we approach certain problems and the different mindsets that gets built in our characters when facing certain situations. After finishing my bachelor’s…

Two opposing natures we have: A backwards-looking one This person is known most of the time. She’s the collection of everything she came across — books, people, friends, songs, conversations, etc… It’s answered, certain, and finite — known. A forwards-looking one This person is a collection of infinite unknown possibilities…

“The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.”― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Whatever we are doing in our everyday life, it is mostly for the purpose of making the most sense…

“Alice: How long is forever? White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland As you are reading this sentence, you are experiencing time travel in a forward motion. If you are reading this at a ground level, you’re aging differently from a reader who is living…

“But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?” — Wally Lamb, “I Know This Much Is True” I go to my bed and close my eyes, but I don’t see black. I see the shadows of my demons, coming closer and closer to…