Raghad Takrouri

“أنت أقوى مما تدعين ، أكثر صلابة مما تظهرين .. فبرغم نعومتك ورقتك وسهولة خدشك إلا أنك فتاة شامخة ..قوية..ذات جذور عميقة وعتيقة ، وفتاة أصيلة ،تزأر حينما تهان .. وتكبر حينما يحاول كائن من كان تحجميها أو تهميشها”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, فلتغفري

“ششششششـ ..
_ ولا كلمة ! اخرس ولا تتحدث !!
دعنى اخدع غيرك من فضلك... لا تملأ الدنيا صراخا فكلنا نُخدع... ارى فى عينيك انهم خدعوك فى حلمك و خدعوك فى ماضيك و حاضرك و سيفعلون بالتأكيد فى مستقبلك. الحياة نفسها خدعة كبرى فـ تقبل و امضى قدما. اذا لم تلحق بالقطار فأمضى بقدمك فليس هناك خدمة خاصة لامثالك. تقدم او مُت محاولا ذلك. لا تنتظر المساعدة. و ان فعلت فستندم لقرارك الاحمق بأن تنتظر قطارا على رصيف مهجور.”
― Mixed

“There is a difference between saying goodbye and letting go. Goodbye is not permanent. You can meet years later as old friends and share what happened in your life. You can smile and laugh about all the nonsense that you both went through. However, letting go is being okay with never seeing this person ever again…being okay with never knowing how their life turned out…being okay with fifty or more years of silence… being okay with running into that person at a grocery store and having them not acknowledge your presence. This is the part of life that doesn’t sit well with me and never will. It tears my heart in pieces, robs me of gratitude, drains me of anything positive and eats at the faith that holds on. It goes against kindness.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“I want to lay down, but these countries are like uncles who touch you when you're young and asleep. Look at all these borders foaming at the mouth with bodies broken and desperate...I spent days and nights in the stomach of the truck; I did not come out the same. Sometimes it feels like someone else is wearing my body.”
― Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth