Imène Chouli

“when it came to listening
my mother taught me silence
if you are drowning their voice with yours
how will you hear them she asked
when it came to speaking
she said do it with commitment
every word you say
is your own responsibility
when it came to being
she said be tender and tough at once
you need to be vulnerable to live fully
but rough enough to survive it all
when it came to choosing
she asked me to be thankful
for the choices i had that
she never had the privilege of making
- lessons from mumma”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“العاطفة والشغف أشبه بالمخدرات، في البدایة تعتقد بأنّك تسیطر علیھا وتتحكّم بھا، ثمّ یأتي یوم، تضطّر لكي تقرّ وتعترف بأنّھا ھي التي تسیطر علیك وتتحكّم بك...”
― Guillaume Musso, L'appel de l'ange

“أتحدى اسرائيل ان تفعل بنا مثلما فعلنا بأنفسنا”
― نجيب محفوظ, المرايا

“you ask your heart why it is always hurting. it says ‘this is the only thing you will allow me to say to you. the only feeling you are willing to feel.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.