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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“March roses shall burn me in the land where I was first born. / Pomegranate blossoms will conceive of me, / and I will be born from it once more.”
― Mahmoud Darwish, Almond Blossoms and Beyond

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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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“I could study you for a lifetime, carrying all your peculiarities and discretions in the webs of my spidery palms, and still feel empty-handed”
― Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether

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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 — 6520 members — last activity 2 minutes 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