Ahlam

“Every laugh and good time that comes my way feels ten times better than before I knew such sadness.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“Dreams can tell us a lot of things,” I go on. “They’re a kind of map of the inner life. Sometimes thinking of who we might someday be is the only way we can get through the reality of who we actually are.”
― Paula McLain, When the Stars Go Dark

“I’d never met a woman like you before. You told me to go to hell and made me look forward to the trip.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“There is no such thing as change without pain, no growth without discomfort. It’s why it is impossible to become someone new without first grieving the loss of who you used to be.”
― Mark Manson, Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope