Emna

“When someone stirs a world of emotion in you and it’s so intense you can barely stand to be with him.”
― Lang Leav, Lullabies

“ما في المقامِ لذي عقلٍ وذي أدب
مِنْ رَاحَة ٍ فَدعِ الأَوْطَانَ واغْتَرِبِ

سافر تجد عوضاً عمَّن تفارقهُ
وَانْصِبْ فَإنَّ لَذِيذَ الْعَيْشِ فِي النَّصَبِ

إني رأيتُ وقوفَ الماء يفسدهُ
إِنْ سَال طَابَ وَإنْ لَمْ يَجْرِ لَمْ يَطِبِ

والأسدُ لولا فراقُ الأرض ما افترست
والسَّهمُ لولا فراقُ القوسِ لم يصب

والشمس لو وقفت في الفلكِ دائمة
لَمَلَّهَا النَّاسُ مِنْ عُجْمٍ وَمِنَ عَرَبِ

و البدر لولا أفول منه ما نظرت
إليه في كل حين عين مرتقب

والتَّبْرَ كالتُّرْبَ مُلْقَى في أَمَاكِنِه
والعودُ في أرضه نوعً من الحطب

فإن تغرَّب هذا عزَّ مطلبهُ
وإنْ تَغَرَّبَ ذَاكَ عَزَّ كالذَّهَبِِ”
― الإمام الشافعى

“I don't think all writers are sad, she said. I think it's the other way around- all sad people write.”
― Lang Leav

“I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about -- the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of the box. There's no doubt it's the most versatile of the five elements. It can wash away earth; it can put out fire; it can wear a piece of metal down and sweep it away. Even wood, which is its natural complement, can't survive without being nurtured by water. And yet, you haven't drawn on those strengths in living your life, have you?”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha