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“فضلت طول القاعده مركزة ف سقف المكان
وكل ما عنيها تيجي ف عيني كنت بصغر سنه
وعلى كده
طول الساعتين اللي قعدناهم
لحد ماخرجنا م المكان
عيل ساحب ف ايده مدرسة المزيكا العاميه ”
― عمر طاهر, قهوة وشيكولاتة

“A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks:

“Aren’t you tired of waiting?”

“Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“ليستِ الحكمةُ أنْ تعرفَ الطريقَ، بل أن تمشيَ فيه”
― ريتا عودة, أنا جنونكَ

“If singing were a feeling it would be this, this light, this lifting, like laughing...”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“i think of all the thousands of billions of steps and missteps and chances and coincidences that have brought me here. Brought you here, and it feels like the biggest miracle in the world.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“And it's the funniest thing: as soon as I see it, the whistling in my ears stops and the feeling of terror drains away, and I realize this whole time I haven't been falling at all. I've been floating.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“in that drunken place
you would
like to hand your heart to her
and say
touch it
but then
give it back.”
― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last

“purple does something strange to me”
― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last