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“if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”
― Marilyn Monroe

“He was like a song I'd heard once in fragments but had been singing in my mind ever since.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“I don't know when we'll see each other again or what the world will be like when we do. We may both have seen many horrible things. But I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“It's still two human beings trying to get along, so it's going to be complicated. And love is always complicated. But humans must try to love each other, darling. We must get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“أحيانا قد تجد نفسك وحيدًا تماما تتأمل منظر الغروب الجميل وتفكر.. هذا الجمال لا قيمة له لأن أحدا لا يشاركني إياه. في أوقات كتلك يجب أن تسأل: كم مرة كان مطلوبا منك أن تحب وهربت؟ كم مرة خفت أن تقترب من إنسان ما لتقول له بثقة واطمئنان أنك تحبه؟”
― Paulo Coelho, Maktub

“make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them.”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“Life doesn't just happen to you; you
receive everything in your life based on what you've given.”
― Rhonda Byrne

“فبعضي لديّ وبعضي لديك .. وبعضي مُشتاق لبعضي .. فهلّا أتيت ؟”
― محمود درويش

“والحب أعزك الله داء عياء وفيه الدواء منه على قدر المعاملة ، ومقام مستلذ ، وعلّة مشتهاة لا يود سليمها البرء ، ولا يتمنى عليلها الإفاقة . يزين للمرء ما كان يأنف منه ، ويسهل عليه ما كان يصعب عنده حتى يُحيل الطبائع المركبة والجبلّة المخلوقة”
― ابن حزم الأندلسي, طوق الحمامة في الألفة والألاف