“Her eyes a promised Jerusalem and a breeze a top of Carmel. Suddenly I awake.. This breeze won’t carry me to my beloved, and I know nothing of you but your name and secrets untold So I return to my embrace to escape myself.”
— Amer Hussein
This photograph was taken during the first Intifada (1987-1993), it shows a Palestinian boy shot in the heart by Israeli occupation forces. Most of the Palestinians killed during the Intifada were either shot in the heart or the head. via Younes Arar.
Edit: This is a still from ‘Kingdom of Ants’, still a very accurate depiction of reality.
“We assume that others show their love in the same way that we do and if they don’t follow that equation, we worry that the love is not there.”
— Amy Przeworski
من از خانوادہ ای ھستم که عشق پیشهٔ آنهاست
“I come from a family whose profession is love.”
- Nizar Qabbani
“To Allah do we turn our hopes.” — Quran (9:59)
—H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
“You can play it safe, and I wouldn’t blame you for it. You can continue as you’ve been doing, and you’ll survive, but is that what you want? Is that enough?”
— J.M. Darhower
“Take out time for YOU. You help everyone else, but you forget to help yourself. You need YOU too!”
— Tony Gaskins