Arien

“I read somewhere that love was about this, the nuggets of knowledge about our beloved that we so fluently hold”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

“Nalan thought that one of the endless tragedies of human history was that pessimists were better at surviving than optimists, which mean that, logically speaking, humanity carried the genes of people who did not believe in humanity.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“We must do what we can to mend our lives, we owe that to ourselves – but we need to be careful not to break others while achieving that.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Maybe, then, this is how you try to bear the burden of the mystery with grace: by finding humility where you once saw self-pity, and opportunity where you once saw absence. By saying, ‘Even if I don’t get what I want, I have a good life,’ then paying closer attention to the small details that make that life beautiful. And by never forgetting that not knowing what will happen next also means that anything could.”
― Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love