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“Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“أتعلمين أيُ حزنً يبعثُ المطر ؟
وكيف تنشجُ المزاريب اذا انهمر ؟
وكيف يشعُرُ الوحيدُ فيه بالضياع ؟
بلا انتهاء,
كالدم المراق,كالجياع
كالحب,كالاطفال,كالموتى,هو المطر!”
― بدر السياب

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“When someone you love dies, you are given the gift of "second chances". Their eulogy is a reminder that the living can turn their lives around at any point. You’re not bound by the past; that is who you used to be. You’re reminded that your feelings are not who you are, but how you felt at that moment. Your bad choices defined you yesterday, but they are not who you are today. Your future doesn’t have to travel the same path with the same people. You can start over. You don’t have to apologize to people that won’t listen. You don’t have to justify your feelings or actions, during a difficult time in your life. You don’t have to put up with people that are insecure and want you to fail. All you have to do is walk forward with a positive outlook, and trust that God has a plan that is greater than the sorrow you left behind. The people of quality that were meant to be in your life won’t need you to explain the beauty of your heart. They already understand what being human is----a roller coaster ride of emotions during rainstorms and sunshine, sprinkled with moments when you can almost reach the stars.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

“فهذا سعد بن أبي وقاص رضي الله عنه كان مستجاب الدعوة، وعميت عيناه ، فقيل له :ألا تدعو الله عز وجل ، قال: والله لرضائي بقضاء الله تعالى في نفسي أحب مما أشتهي!”
― سلمان بن فهد العودة, مع الله