Stranger

“K H A D I J A S A Y S . . .
In Kashmir when we wake up and say ‘Good Morning’ what we really mean is ‘Good Mourning’.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

“But words like the World Trade Center – even New York – didn’t mean much to most Afghans. The Twin Towers were an unfathomable 110 storeys high. The most head-turning sky-scraper in the city was the eighteen-storey Kabul Tower, built in the days of the king. It was even called Hajhda Manzila, ‘Eighteen-Storey’, in recognition of its unique scale. Even the Buddhas of Bamiyan, which the Taliban took days to destroy with all their firepower, were far shorter than New York’s tallest towers. Only the Hindu Kush soared higher, its peaks poking through the clouds.”
― Lyse Doucet, The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan

“I had a friend who said the worst mistake you can make is to think that you're alive,

When really you're asleep in life's waiting room.”
― Ukuleleplayerguy

“Nothing truly beautiful ever asks for attention. This quote has stuck with me ever since I heard my coworker speak the words. Nothing truly beautiful ever asks for attention –it just naturally exists, as it is, in confidence and boldness.”
― Bianca Sparacino, Seeds Planted in Concrete