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“يظن الآباء أنهم بصفعاتهم يؤهلوننا لعالمٍ قاسٍ لن يربت على ظهورنا. لا يدرون أن ربتاتهم الغائبة هي ما كانت ستؤهلنا لقسوته، وأن صفعاتهم لم تصنع فينا سوى أن منحت الخوف وطنًا داخل نفوسنا!”
― عماد رشاد عثمان, أبي الذي أكره: تأملات حول التعافي من إساءات الأبوين وصدمات النشأة

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”
― Frida Kahlo

“Feet, what do I need them for
If I have wings to fly.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I love you more than my own skin and even though you don’t love me the same way, you love me anyways, don’t you? And if you don’t, I’ll always have the hope that you do, and i’m satisfied with that. Love me a little. I adore you.”
― Frida Kahlo

“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I hope the exit is joyful and i hope never to return.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I want to be inside your darkest everything”
― Frida Kahlo, The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
― Frida Kahlo

“I don't give a shit what the world thinks. I was born a bitch, I was born a painter, I was born fucked. But I was happy in my way. You did not understand what I am. I am love. I am pleasure, I am essence, I am an idiot, I am an alcoholic, I am tenacious. I am; simply I am ... You are a shit.”
― Frida Kahlo

“You deserve the best, the very best, because you are one of the few people in this lousy world who are honest to themselves, and that is the only thing that really counts.”
― Frida Kahlo

“Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.”
― Frida Kahlo