Intan Nur

“I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.”
― Pablo Neruda

“Find someone who makes you smile, because it only takes a smile to make a day better”
― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

“When you have something this good, you keep it. Forever. And that's all the magic there is to it.”
― Nadège Richards, 5 Miles

“Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision”
― Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain