Areej Fatima

“One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

“She had certain thoughts which were like companions, ideas which were like older and wiser friends.”
― Willa Cather

“Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. ”
― Marcel Proust

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”
― Marcel Proust