Amina Mohammed Ali

“You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet--you've not got your niche in creation. But some day that will come, and meanwhile don't shrink from yourself, but face yourself calmly and bravely. Have courage; do the best you can with your burden. But above all be honourable. Cling to your honour for the sake of those others who share the same burden. For their sakes show the world that people like you and they can be quite as selfless and fine as the rest of mankind. Let your life go to prove this--it would be a really great life-work, Stephen.”
― Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness

“اصبرْ قليلاً فبعد العسر تيسيرُ ... وكل أمر له وقتٌ وتدبير”
― علي بن أبي طالب

“فكم لله من لطف خفي يدق خفاه عن فهم الذكي؛ وكم يسر أتى من بعد عسر ففرج كربة القلب الشجي؛ وكم أمر تساءُ به صباحاً فتأتيك المـسرة بالعشي؛ إذا ضاقت بك الأحوال يوماً فثق بالواحد الفرد العلي؛ ولا تجزع إذا ما ناب خطبٌ فكم لله من لطفي خفي”
― علي بن أبي طالب

“I want you to be wise for your own sake, Stephen, because at the best life requires great wisdom. I want you to learn to make friends of your books; someday you may need them, because – ’ He hesitated, ‘because you mayn’t find life at all easy, we none of us do, and books are good friends.”
― Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness