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“هل كان علينا أن نسقط من علو شاهق ونرى دمنا على أيدينا لندرك أننا لسنا ملائكة كما كنا نظن ؟”
― محمود درويش, أثر الفراشة

“Some things cannot be fixed; they can only be carried. Grief like yours, love like yours, can only be carried.

Survival in grief, even eventually building a new life alongside grief, comes with the willingness to bear witness, both to yourself and to the others who find themselves inside this life they didn’t see coming. Together, we create real hope for ourselves,
and for one another. We need each other to survive.

I wish this for you: to find the people you belong with, the ones who will see your pain, companion you, hold you close,
even as the heavy lifting of grief is yours alone. As hard as they may seem to find at times, your community is out there. Look
for them. Collect them. Knit them into a vast flotilla of light that can hold you.”
― Megan Devine, It's OK That You're Not OK

“ليت شعري هل دروا
أي قلب ملكوا
و فؤادي لو درى
أي شعب سلكوا
أتراهم سلموا؟
أم تراهم هلكوا؟
حار أرباب الهوى
في الهوى و ارتبكوا”
― محمد حسن علوان, موت صغير

“بين الوحي و العقل جسر التفسير. و بين الوحي و القلب جسر التأويل. و بين العقل و القلب جسر الحب.”
― محمد حسن علوان, موت صغير

“في الطبيعة قوى ثلاث غيبية: الوحي و العقل و القلب. فإن مال المرء جهة الوحي صار ظاهريا. و إن مال جهة العقل صار فيلسوفا. و إن مال جهة القلب صار صوفيا.”
― محمد حسن علوان, موت صغير

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“كلما زادت معرفتي بالعالم , كلما تيقنت بأني لن أجد رجلاً أحبُّه بحق!”
― جين أوستن, Sense and Sensibility

“لا يـمكن لنا تصفية الذكريـات بمجرد ضربة من المكنسه, انها تبقى معشعشـة في داخلنا وتـترقب اللحـظة التي تـنخفض فيها مستوى الحراسة لكي تـنبثق فينا بقوة مضاعفه.”
― Guillaume Musso, Demain

“It's scary being loved. Because life is complicated and all too often it throws you off balance by sending you the right person at the wrong time.”
― Guillaume Musso, Que serais-je sans toi?

“When it comes to books and friends, it is best to have only a few but all good ones.”
― Guillaume Musso, Will You Be There?

“He was no longer quite sure whether anything he had ever thought or felt was truly his own property, or whether his thoughts were merely a common part of the world’s store of ideas which had always existed ready-made and which people only borrowed, like books from a library.”
― Milan Kundera, Life is Elsewhere

“Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things but to create a world of his own lines on paper." (pp.28-29)”
― Milan Kundera, Life is Elsewhere

“Revolution in Love��. Can you tell me what you mean by that? Do you want free love as against bourgeois marriage, or monogamy as against bourgeois promiscuity?”
― Milan Kundera, Life is Elsewhere

“لم يكن الشعور بالذنب هو دافعه الوحيد للمخاطرة، بل كره المذلة التي تجعل من الحياة نصف حياة، ومن الإنسان نصف إنسان. أراد أن يضع حياته في كفة الميزان، والموت في الكفة الأخرى. كان يود أن يقيس كل فعل من أفعاله، بل كل يوم من أيامه، وكل ساعة، وكل ثانية، بالمعيار الأسمى الذي هو الموت.”
― ميلان كونديرا, Life is Elsewhere

“The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“The narcissist is like a bucket with a hole in the bottom: No matter how much you put in, you can never fill it up. The phrase “I never feel like I am enough�� is the mantra of the person in the narcissistic relationship. That’s because to your narcissistic partner, you are not. No one is. Nothing is.”
― Ramani Durvasula, Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist

“The emotionally cold or distant trait also rears its head during arguments when one person is experiencing and expressing significant emotion and the narcissistic person just checks out and does not respond—or does so in a cold and clipped manner. At such times you may find yourself spinning—and actually feeling as though you are “going crazy”—because the coldness of the response makes it even more difficult to regulate yourself in that moment. The emotional coldness can be confusing for you and may result in attempts to jump through hoops to generate warmth and connection with your partner. I have observed people wearing themselves out over decades, trying to create a fire where there was no possibility.”
― Ramani Durvasula, Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist