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“People were never my need. Perspectives were. Hearts were. Souls were. People beyond people were.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“May you find the courage to disappoint more people.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“I could have created a wormhole with half the effort it takes to bear people.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“It’s painful to be yourself, but it’s disgusting to be somebody else.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“How instantly I kneel down before the people I love.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“What happens when you keep
watering and taking care of
artificial plants and flowers?
Do they grow?
Do they bear fruit?
Nothing.
Water, nutrition, and food
have no effect on them.
The same is true for some relationships.
No matter how many times
you sacrifice
and compromise
and change,
and pour your love, understanding, and empathy,
they won’t change.
So, stop pouring.
There is a point when you must,
because
it’s a waste of
resources, time, effort, and soul.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“This society…
filth utter filth!
Disgust, utter disgust!”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“It seems like I’m still a child
trapped in an adult reality.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“I am a sober mind with a kid’s heart.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“They keep feeding us words.
Action-deprived words.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“I want to speak of
the fragile beauty of a wilting petal
and the silence of a falling star.
These are the things
that truly matter.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“It is just
struggle after struggle.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“We can’t spend a life chasing people,
crossing oceans for them despite knowing
they won’t cross even a puddle,
or move an inch for us.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“People usually sour the grapes they cannot reach.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“People provoke you,
and when they are successful in
bringing that ugly side out,
they suddenly become victims,
and you suddenly become
a toxic person.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“People provoke your unhealed versions, and hurt your wounded parts ad infinitum, and when your warrior side comes out to shield, they suddenly become victims.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“People are just people, it takes a lot to become a human.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“Isn’t it ironic that a world lacking the basic empathy and decency of being human labels those who have it as “hypersensitive”?”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“If a terrified bird comes to rest on your hands or
shoulders, it is your obligation to become a tree. Do not breathe aloud, lest you scare it away. Do not deny it your comfort, even if you are a barren tree.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros
“There is so much stubbornness, so much rage, and so much ruthlessness filled in me, yet it amazes me how easily and how instantly I kneel down before the people I love.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros