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“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”
― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

“I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if…” “If only…” “I wonder what would have…” You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“آمدمت که بنگرم گریه نمی‌دهد امان
نامدگان و رفتگان از دو کرانه‌ی زمان
سوی تو می‌دوند هان ای تو همیشه در میان
در چمن تو می‌چرد آهوی دشت آسمان
گرد سر تو می‌پرد باز سپید کهکشان
هر چه به گرد خویشتن می‌نگرم درین چمن
آینه‌ی ضمیر من جز تو نمی‌دهد نشان
ای گل بوستان سرا از پس پرده‌ها در آ
بوی تو می‌کشد مرا وقت سحر به بوستان
ای که نهان نشسته‌ای باغ درون هسته‌ای
هسته فروشکسته‌ای کاین همه باغ شد روان
مست نیاز من شدی پرده‌ی ناز پس زدی
از دل خود بر آمدی آمدن تو شد جهان
آه که می‌زند برون از سر و سینه موج خون
من چه کنم که از درون دست تو می‌کشد کمان
پیش وجودت از عدم زنده و مرده را چه غم
کز نفس تو دم‌به‌دم می‌شنویم بوی جان
پیش تو جامه در برم نعره زند که بر درم
آمدمت که بنگرم گریه نمی‌دهد امان”
― هوشنگ ابتهاج

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I was blessed with another trait I inherited from my mother, her ability to forget the pain in life. I remember the thing that caused the trauma, but I don't hold onto the trauma. I never let the memory of something painful prevent me from trying something new. If you think too much about the ass kicking your mom gave you or the ass kicking that life gave you, you’ll stop pushing the boundaries and breaking the rules. It’s better to take it, spend some time crying, then wake up the next day and move on. You’ll have a few bruises and they’ll remind you of what happened and that’s ok. But after a while, the bruises fade and they fade for a reason. Because now, it’s time to get up to some shit again.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood