Azra Tabassum's Blog, page 243

They say that every seven years every cell in our body has been replaced. I wonder if that would mean my body would forget how it felt like to have your hands, your lips, your love on my skin. Maybe by then, the sound of your name won't leave the bitter af

Every seven years I become new again but whatever that is old inside of me recognises what is old inside of you and loves you still.

They say that every seven years every cell in our body has been replaced. I wonder if that would mean my body would forget how it felt like to have your hands, your lips, your love on my skin. Maybe by then, the sound of your name won't leave the bitter af

Every seven years I become new again but whatever that is old inside of me recognises what is old inside of you and loves you still.

bookwormdiaries:- From Azra Tabassum’s Shaking the Trees.My...

bookwormdiaries:

- From Azra Tabassum’s Shaking the Trees.

My book is available here! 

x-cessive-bastard:I was speaking to a friend in Gaza and he told me that his little cousin is...

x-cessive-bastard:

I was speaking to a friend in Gaza and he told me that his little cousin is writing her name all over her body with her markers, just in case she gets blown up and no one can identify her. She is 11 years old. 11. The psychological pain and trauma the palestinian children go through is absolutely repulsive.

"To love another is somethinglike prayer and can’t be planned, you just fallinto its arms..."

“To love another is something

like prayer and can’t be planned, you just fall

into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief.”

- Anne Sexton

"And she was beautiful, in the way an inferno was beautiful… if the touch of her pale hand scalded..."

“And she was beautiful, in the way an inferno was beautiful… if the touch of her pale hand scalded him so, an embrace would scar him, and a kiss would most certainly end him.”

- Celestial Dynasty (Extract)

When do I know I want to spend my whole life with somebody? What does it feel like?

Think about picking out china patterns with them. 

wethinkwedream:Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Lolita basically about an old stepfather taking...

wethinkwedream:

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Lolita basically about an old stepfather taking advantage of a 12 year old girl? Why is this a thing people romanticize? It’s disgusting. 

How to be a gentle soul?

I don’t know. One day I just decided to try my best to love everyone and be as kind as I possibly could. 

i got told that i was gentle today by the guy I was working with, he said “you have a very...

i got told that i was gentle today by the guy I was working with, he said “you have a very gentle soul” and it was strange because I’d spent so much of my youth trying to be the opposite of that that I forgot there’s strength in it. He’s right, I am a gentle soul and for once, I am happy to accept that