Fatima

“What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then — even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. That is my ambition, based less on resentment than on love in spite of everything, based more on a feeling of serenity than on passion. Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“If I were to be totally sincere, I would say that I do not know why I live and why I do not stop living. The answer probably lies in the irrational character of life which maintains itself without reason.”
― Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

“Only those are happy who never think or, rather, who only think about life's bare necessities, and to think about such things means not to think at all. True thinking resembles a demon who muddies the spring of life or a sickness which corrupts its roots. To think all the time, to raise questions, to doubt your own destiny, to feel the weariness of living, to be worn out to the point of exhaustion by thoughts and life, to leave behind you, as symbols of your life's drama, a trail of smoke and blood - all this means you are so unhappy that reflection and thinking appear as a curse causing a violent revulsion in you.”
― Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

“في مرحلة ما من هشاشة نسميها نضجا لا نكون متفائلين ولا متشائمين
أقلعنا عن الشغف والحنين وعن تسمية الأشياء بأضدادها من فرط ما التبس علينا الأمر بين الشكل والجوهر
ودربنا الشعور على التفكير الهادئ قبل البوح
وإذ ننظر إلى الوراء لنعرف أين نحن منا ومن الحقيقة
نسأل كم ارتكبنا من الأخطاء ، وهل وصلنا إلى الحكمة متأخرين
لسنا متأكدين من صواب الريح
فماذا ينفعنا أن نصل إلى أي شيء متأخرين
حتى لو كان هنالك من ينتظرنا على سفح الجبل ويدعونا إلى صلاة الشكر لأننا وصلنا سالمين
لا متفائلين ولا متشائمين ، لكن متأخرين”
― محمود درويش