Jawad Ahmed

“Most people believe that they are in fact aware of the future, that they are planning and thinking ahead. They are usually deluded: What they are really doing is succumbing to their desires, to what they want the future to be. Their plans are vague, based on their imaginations rather than their reality. They may believe they are thinking all the way to the end, but they are really only focusing on the happy ending, and deluding themselves by the strength of their desire.”
― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

“It's the last day of the year
and I still lose myself in good books
and warm tea,
those quiet nights
and writing your name
on my windshield.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Just tell me softly that you love me, because when you said my name, I swear my heart was never the same.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“But life is not about half doing. You cannot half love or half accept or half live. It's about giving everything you have. When you are old and worn, do you really want to look back and say you gave the bare minimum? You owe yourself more than that.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts