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“You’re lonely,” they say,
but it doesn’t scare me
anymore
for it teaches me,
and maybe that’s the biggest win from these years:
I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore,
like I always thought I would.
I don’t break mirrors anymore,
like I always thought I would.

I can finally stand myself,
and I never thought I would.”
― Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine

“يوم قرأت هذه الكلمات أحسست بشيء يشبه المطر داخل حلقي”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“It’s not okay,” I tell her. This gets her attention; it’s not what she was expecting. “You don’t have to be okay.” “What do you want from me?” Her voice is ragged, desperate. “I want you to let yourself be broken. Let yourself hurt.” She shakes her head again. “I can’t. If I let it out, it’ll never stop.” “Yes, it will.”
― Jasinda Wilder, Falling Into You

“لا تسيري مع التيار، بل كوني أنتِ التيار.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love