Hamza Alam

“She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her yard after learning that they lived for only a few days. Her mother had comforted her and told her not to be sad for the butterflies”
― Lisa Genova, Still Alice

“Sad stories make good books,”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“There simply is no more room. And still the patients come. We are drowning. I stand at the desk, taking a breather. My head is pounding because of the noise. I cannot drink any more coffee or move any faster. I am fried. This is my sixth twelve-hour shift in a row. Sometimes I am not sure how much longer I can do this job before I just tear apart at the seams from stress.”
― Philip Allen Green, Trauma Room Two

“Remember two matters and forget two matters: remember Allah and death; forget any good you have done to another and any evil that was done to you by another.”
― B.B. Abdulla, Timeless Seeds of Advice: The Sayings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn al-Jawzi and Other Prominent Scholars in Bringing Comfort and Hope to the Soul