Bottom Lines

"I wrote 'No to succession' after having heard President Mubarak say it," -- Bahaaeddin Nada to Al-Wafd

"It is no longer enough for writers and thinkers to write long and vague wish lists and even longer lists of those that must be put on trial. What is more important is that we have the ability to transfer our societies from their current state of which no one approves to another state: that of progress and the possible," -- Abdel-Moneim Said, Al-Ahram

"The vendor of ghee and laundry soap can find out what the market wants... but party institutions can't find out what the

voters want," -- Abdallah Kamal, Rose Al-Youssef

"We thank God that the Palestinian talks in Cairo failed to reach a cease-fire deal because such a deal would have only served the interests of the Israeli Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon," -- Abdel-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi

"It seems that the only thing that the Palestinian factions have become engrossed with is issuing slogans rather than seeing what is in the best interests of the Palestinian cause," -- Ahmed Al-Robei, Asharq Al-Awsat

"What is needed most now is Palestinian consensus over what needs to be done to allow for "the resumption of a diplomatic process," -- Al-Rayah