Ismail Karim

“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
― Charles Addams

“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other books. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

“It is only when we are truly alone without someone else to lean on; left with our own inner solitude that we can undergo a real process of change.
The introspection that is needed to bring out the light that has dwindled down to ash and reignite the fire of our being.
So let the darkness shape you, let it reform you, let it cradle you and birth you into a new life; a new way of being.
Let the spark flame again, in the darkness is where you will find it.”
― LJ Vanier, Ether: Into the Nemesis

“When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy