لك مني كلّ شيء
لك ظل لك ضوء
خاتم العرس، و ما شئت
و حاكورة زيتون و تين
For you I have everything:
Both shade and light
And a wedding ring
And even an orchard of olive and fig trees.
- Mahmoud Darwish
“It’s a hurtful place the world, in and of itself. We don’t need to add to it. And we’re in a place now where we all need each other, and it’s going to get rougher.”
— Prince
“If we’re going to talk, then let’s talk. Forget about what is polite or proper and delve right into what is sincere and honest. Lead me down through the labyrinth of your true, spectacular self. I am not interested in pleasantries. If you want a conversation, then let’s get lost.”
— Beau Taplin
❝Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for indeed there is no barrier between it and Allah.❞ > Sahih Bukhari, Vol:3, Book:43, Hadith:628
“Scar tissue has no character. It’s not like skin. It doesn’t show age or illness or pallor or tan. It has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It’s like a slip cover. It shields and disguises what’s beneath. That’s why we grow it; we have something to hide.”
— Susanna Kaysen
“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.” - The Picture of Dorian Gray, O. Wilde