ريم

“Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject”
― Thomas Mann

“ما من مصيبة إلا الجهل؛فالمصيبة تثقل على قدر جهلنا مصدرها و معناها، و تخف على قدر فهمنا معناها و مصدرها”
― ميخائيل نعيمة, مذكرات الأرقش

“As can be seen, ‘crisis’, in its proper sense, expresses something positive, creative and optimistic, because it involves a change, and may be a rebirth after a break-up. It indicates separation, certainly, but also choice, decisions and therefore the opportunity to express an opinion.”
― Zygmunt Bauman, State of Crisis

“I used to think healing meant ridding the body and the heart of anything that hurt. It meant putting your pain behind you, leaving it in the past. But I’m learning that’s not how it works. Healing is figuring out how to coexist with the pain that will always live inside of you, without pretending it isn’t there or allowing it to hijack your day. It is learning to confront ghosts and to carry what lingers. It is learning to embrace the people I love now instead of protecting against a future in which I am gutted by their loss.”
― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted