Samah Alasfoor

“I'd learned more about her in that exhausted, murmuring hour than in all the many months before it. Lovers find their way by such insights and confidences: they're the stars we use to navigate the ocean of desire. And the brightest of those stars are the heartbreaks and sorrows. The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering. So I took each sadness she confessed to me, and pinned it to the sky.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“The burden of happiness can only be relieved by the balm of suffering.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“واصل نيتشه، اتريد ان تصبح نفسك؟ كم مره سمعتك تقول ذللك؟ كم مره رثيت بانك لم تعرف حريتك قط؟ ان طيبتك، واجبك، اخلاصك، ما هي الا قضبان سجنك. انك ستموت من هذه الفضاىل الصغيره. يجب اتتعلم ان تعرف خبثك. لا يمكنك ان تكون حرا في جزء منك: غرائزك ايضا متعطشه للحريه. كلابك البريه في القبو تبح طلبا للحريه. اسمع جيدا. الا يمكنك..ان تسمع؟”
― ارفين د. يالوم