The war will end,
and leaders will shake hands.
That old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son.
And those children will keep waiting for their hero father.
I don't know who sold our homeland,
but I saw who paid the price.
Mahmoud Darwish
“Take out time for YOU. You help everyone else, but you forget to help yourself. You need YOU too!”
— Tony Gaskins
“You are so good. So good, you’re always feeling so much. And sometimes it feels like you’re gonna bust wide open from all the feeling, don’t it? People like you are the best in the world, but you sure do suffer for it.”
— Silas House
“If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.”
— Elif Shafak
“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
“Just because you don’t say much doesn’t mean people don’t notice you. It’s actually the quiet ones who often draw the most attention. There’s this constant whirlwind of motion and sound all around, and then there’s the quiet one, the eye of the storm.”
— Amy Efaw
“Two souls growing together with appreciation for each other. That’s the most beautiful kind of love.”
— Juansen Dizon
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.
“You can play it safe, and I wouldn’t blame you for it. You can continue as you’ve been doing, and you’ll survive, but is that what you want? Is that enough?”
— J.M. Darhower