كنّا نعيش دائمًا بين شدّ الأعصاب وارتخائها، فنحن إمّا على قمة موجة الشعور أو في قاعها.

“We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.”T. E. Lawrence — The Collected Works of Lawrence of Arabia (Unabridged): Seven Pillars of Wisdom + The Mint + The Evolution of a Revolt + Complete Letters (Including Translations of The Odyssey and The Forest Giant) (2015)