Siham Fitouri ʚɞ

“You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“خارج مضمار كل الأفكار
كل مفاهيم الخير والشر ، الفضيلة والخطيئة
هناك مرج واسع بلا نهاية
سألقاك هناك”
― جلال الدين الرومي, مثنوى - الكتاب الأول

“Allow me to introduce you to two men, Alan and Ben. Without thinking about it too long, decide who you prefer. Alan is smart, hard-working, impulsive, critical, stubborn and jealous. Ben, however, is jealous, stubborn, critical, impulsive, hard-working and smart. Who would you prefer to get stuck in an elevator with? Most people choose Alan, even though the descriptions are exactly the same. Your brain pays more attention to the first adjectives in the lists, causing you to identify two different personalities. Alan is smart and hard-working. Ben is jealous and stubborn. The first traits outshine the rest. This is called the primacy effect. If it were not for the primacy effect, people would refrain from decking out their headquarters with luxuriously appointed entrance halls. Your lawyer would feel happy turning up to meet you in worn-out sneakers rather than beautifully polished designer Oxfords. The”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly: The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making

“sometimes there’s beauty in the tough words—it’s all in how you read them.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places