“I Wish You’d Find The Exit Out Of My Head.”

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a relationship, a lifestyle, or a job. If it doesn’t make you happy let it go.”

— William Chapman 

“There is nothing wrong with staying with someone and trying to make it work. Just be sure you know the difference between determination and desperation.”

— Charles Orlando 

الاهتمام في الحب أشبه بأن تقوم بتربية قطة، لا يمكنك أن تقدم لها البطاطس المقلية لأنها وجبتك المفضلة وﻷنك تعشقها كثيرا، ثم تتذمر بعد ذلك حين لا يعجبها اﻷمر، وترى أنها لا تقدر ما تفعله من أجلها والوقت والجهد الذين تبذلهما في شراء البطاطس وغسلها وتقشيرها وتقطيعها وقليها، ثم تخبر بعد ذلك أنها متطلبة وأنها لا تستحقك، في الحب إما أن تقدم لمن معك ما يحتاجه هو تماما أو حينها سيكون كل ما تقدمه، حتى وإن كان أفضل ما لديك، لا معنى له.

“Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?”

— Elizabeth Scott 

"We demand closure as though our lives were put together as neatly as novels, but the fact of the matter is they're not. In real life, relationships are messy and poorly written, ending too early or too late, and sometimes in the middle of a sentence."

—Beau Taplin, Neatly As Novels

Adonis, Selected Poems; “Beginnings of the Body, Ends of the Sea” (tr. Khaled Mattawa)

Palestinians inspect the damage of their destroyed homes following attacks from Israel. Beit Hanoun, Gaza, Palestine.   Photograph: Khalil Hamra

F. Scott Fitzgerald // Charles Bukowski

“It’s unbelievable how you can affect someone else so deeply and never know.”

— Susane Colasanti 

I feel like I’m just “trying to get through the day,” every day. My entire life is slipping through my fingers.