"We Demand Closure As Though Our Lives Were Put Together As Neatly As Novels, But The Fact Of The Matter

أتعرفين ما هو الوطن يا صفية ؟ الوطن هو ألا يحدث ذلك كله.

غسان كنفاني

“Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.”

— Cheryl Strayed 

“Don’t lose yourself trying to be everything to everyone.”

— Tony Gaskins 

اسْتِنارة

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

“When somebody doubts your abilities you have two choices. You can hang your head down low and believe them; or hold your head up high and believe in yourself.”

— William Chapman 

So Bright and Delicate: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne.  

Unknown // Carole Anne Trisler

“There will be dozens of people who will take your breath away, but the one who reminds you to breathe is the one you should keep.”

— Anonymous 

❝I am not going to give one inch of Palestine to the jews as Palestine is not mine to give but it belongs to the Ummah and Ummah have shed blood to defend this land❞

- Sultan Abdul Hamid the 2nd

F. Scott Fitzgerald // Charles Bukowski