“The Most Painful Thing Is Losing Yourself In The Process Of Loving Someone Too Much, And Forgetting

اسْتِنارة

To be enlightened; Look not with the eyes that light can blind. But subtly, with the heart. It shall heal the soul.

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”

— Muhammad Ali 

İstanbul by @omererkamoglu

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“I feel myself shutting down, closing off, like I should tell people, ‘No, we don’t use this heart anymore. It’s too fragile.’”

— Courtney C. Stevens

“If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.”

— C.S. Lewis 

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.

“I’ve never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.”

— Joanne Harris

“I wondered which was sadder, leaving someone to cry after you were gone, or not having anyone who would miss you in the first place.”

— William Ritter

“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 

Jumma Mubarak😊