Ambrosia Iris > Ambrosia's Quotes

“The marks humans leave are too often scars.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face.”
― Augusten Burroughs

“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
― Augusten Burroughs

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

“لا تصدق هذة الصلابة
أنا هش من الداخل ..
ولا ابدو على ما يرام
أنّى وبكل ما أوتيت من ضعف
حاولت اظهار قوتى
وبكل ما أوتيت من قوة
تماديت فى ضعفى”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“I almost miss the sound of your voice but know that the rain
outside my window will suffice for tonight.
I’m not drunk yet, but we haven’t spoken in months now
and I wanted to tell you that someone threw a bouquet of roses
in the trash bin on the corner of my street, and I wanted to cry
because, because —
well,
you know exactly why.

And, I guess I’m calling because only you understand
how that would break my heart.

I’m running out of things to say. My gas is running on empty.
I’ve stopped stealing pages out of poetry books, but last week I pocketed a thesaurus
and looked for synonyms for you but could only find rain and more rain
and a thunderstorm that sounded like glass, like crystal, like an orchestra.

I wanted to tell you that I’m not afraid of being moved anymore;
Not afraid of this heart packing up its things and flying transcontinental
with only a wool coat and a pocket with a folded-up address inside.

I’ve saved up enough money to disappear.
I know you never thought the day would come.

Do you remember when we said goodbye and promised that
it was only for then? It’s been years since I last saw you, years
since we last have spoken.

Sometimes, it gets quiet enough that I can hear the cicadas rubbing their thighs
against each other’s.

I’ve forgotten almost everything about you already, except that
your skin was soft, like the belly of a peach, and
how you would laugh,
making fun of me for the way I pronounced almonds
like I was falling in love
with language.”
― Shinji Moon

“I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise, and I wish I could sink my hands into your flesh and light lanterns along your spine so you know there's nothing but light when I see you.”
― Shinji Moon

“There is a shipwreck between your ribs and it took eighteen years
for me to understand how to understand your kind of drowning.
There are people who cannot be held quietly. There are screams
that are never externalized. If I looked at the photo albums of your
past twenty years, all I would find are decibel meter graphs of
phone calls and the intensity of your silence as you sat
smoking cigarettes in the garage.

There is a shipwreck between your ribs. You are a box with
fragile written on it, and so many people have not handled you
with care.

And for the first time, I understand that I will never know
how to apologize for being
one of them.”
― Shinji Moon

“نحن لا نفقد سوى مانخشى فقده لأننا عادة لا نشعر بفقدان مالا يشكل لنا أهمية تذكر”
― أثير عبدالله, أحببتك أكثر مما ينبغي

“ السعادة ماهي إلا فاصل زمني يفصل الحزن عن الحزن الآخر ”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, في ديسمبر تنتهي كل الأحلام

“أصعب مافي الحب هو أن ترتبط عاداتك بالطرف الاخر لأن تلك العادات تعذبنا بعدما ننفصل عن من نحب··”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, في ديسمبر تنتهي كل الأحلام

“ سألتني : جُمان , ماأكثر ما يُجذبكِ فيني .. جسديا .. ! ..
أرفض السئلة المُفخخة ياعزيز .. ! ..
ضحكت بقوة : ياغبية .. ! .. أقصد بشكلي ..
أممم .. تجذبني فيك خمسة أشياء .. !
أنت طويل .. ومن حسن حظك أني أحب أن يكون
رجُلي طويل .. ! ..
أُحب عيناك لن أرى فيهما أحاديث كثيرة ..
أتظنين بأن بإمكانكِ قراءة مافيهما .. ؟ ..
أنا لا أظن .. أنا مُتأكدة من هذا ..
وايضا أحب شكلك عندما لا تحلق لفترة طويلة .. ! ..
تبدو أكثر وسامة ورجولة .. ! ..
سألتني بنشوة : وماذا أيضا .. ؟
أحب صوتك .. صوتك ( قوي ) .. كمُقدمي نشرات الاخبار .. !
قلت ساخرا ومُضخما لصوتك : العربية تبحثُ دائما عن الحقيقة .. !! ..
ياربي ع السخافة .. ! ..
والخامس .. ؟ ..
الخامس ياحبيبي .. عروق يديك البارزة .. ! .. إلهي كم هي جذابة .. ! ..
وضعت يدك تحت ذقنك وأنت تنظر إلي بدهشة : جُمانة .. أتدركين أنكِ غريبة .. ؟ ..
لماذا .. ؟ ..
لول مرة .. أسمع عن فتاة تحب في حبيبها عروق يديه .. ! .. مالجاذبية في هذا .. ؟ ..
مسكت يدك وأنا أتحسس عروقك بأصابعي .. لا أدري ! .. أحبها ..
قلت لي مُبتسما : أتحبين عروقي لانكِ تجرين فيها .. ؟ ..
أجبتك : رُبما .. ! ..
لمعت عيناك خُبثا : جمانة .. أأخبرك عن مايُجذبني فيك .. ؟ ..
تركتُ يدك وقلت لك : لا .. ! ..
سألتني : لماذا .. ؟ ..
قرأت الجابة في عينيك .. ! .. ألم أخبرك بأني أقرأ مافيهما..؟
وماذا قرأتِ .. ؟! ..
مالا يليق .. ! ..
فأنفجرت ضحكا .. ! .. ”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, أحببتك أكثر مما ينبغي

“It amazes me how easy it is for things to change, how easy it is to start off down the same road you always take and wind up somewhere new. Just one false step, one pause, one detour, and you end up with new friends or a bad reputation or a boyfriend or a breakup. It's never occurred to me before; I've never been able to see it. And it makes me feel, weirdly, like maybe all of these different possibilities exist at the same time, like each moment we live has a thousand other moments layered underneath it that look different.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims... but accomplices”
― George Orwell