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“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“সাদা আলো যেমন বাঁকা কাঁচের মধ্যে রঙিন হয়ে ওঠে, ন্যায়ও তেমনি অন্যায়, অধর্ম, পাপ, তাপের বাঁকা পথ দিয়ে দয়া, মায়া, ক্ষমায় বিচিত্র হয়ে দেখা যায়।”
― Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, चरित्रहीन

“Only the one who loves you, knows how strong is the power of your attraction”
― Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya, Devdas

“He observed he for what felt like a long moment, and said, 'i don't even know your name'
Pembe brushed a few strands of hair out of her eyes, and, though she rarely mentioned her multiple names together, and never translated them into English, heard herself say, 'Pembe Kader. It means pink destiny'
He didn't arch his eyebrows or chuckle the way she expected him to do. Instead he stared at her as if she had just revealed the saddest secret. He then said, 'Your name is poetry”
― Elif Shafak, Honor

“What it is

It is madness
says reason
It is what it is
says love
It is unhappiness
says caution
It is nothing but pain
says fear
It has no future
says insight
It is what it is
says love
It is ridiculous
says pride
It is foolish
says caution
It is impossible
says experience
It is what it is
says love.”
― Erich Fried, Es ist was es ist. Liebesgedichte. Angstgedichte. Zorngedichte

“I weep because you cannot save people. You can only love them. You can’t transform them, you can only console them.”
― Anaïs Nin, Nearer the Moon: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1937-1939