Roya Kadhem

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Roya’s Quotes

“Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.”
― Mary Oliver, Wild Geese

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“On the train we swapped seats, you wanted the window and I wanted to look at you.”
― Mahmoud Darwish

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“I want you to say everything, anything. I want to have your thoughts, I want to bottle them, I want to put them in my drawer for safekeeping.”
― Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether

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“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.”
― Mary Oliver, Wild Geese

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“They asked 'do you love her to death?' I said 'speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life.”
― Mahmoud Darwish

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Roya’s Groups

Science Fiction & Philosophy — 202 members — last activity Jun 20, 2026 12:30PM
This group has been created to highlight books that speculate about the difficult philosophic questions through the medium of science fiction and/or t ...more

Political Philosophy and Ethics — 6519 members — last activity 22 hours, 17 min ago
Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more

Medical Reads — 120 members — last activity Dec 30, 2021 02:32AM
Medical Humanism: in which the goal is not just eradicating disease but effectively communicating, empathizing and showing compassion for patients. ...more