Rufaida K.

“إلهى لا تعذبنى، فإنى مُقِرٌ بالذى قد كان مني
و ما لى حيلة، إلا رجائى لعفوك إن عفوت و حسن ظني
فكم من زلة لى فى البرايا، و أنت علي ذو فضل و مَنِّ
إذا فكرت فى ندمي عليها، عضَضت أناملي و قَرَعْت سِنِّي
يظن الناس بى خيرا،و إنى لشر الناس، إن لم تعف عني
أُجن بزهرة الدنيا جنونا، و أفنى العمر فيها بالتمنى
و بين يدى مُحتَبس ثقيل، كأنى قد دُعيت له، كأني
و لو أني صدقت الزهد فيها، قَلَبْتُ لأهلها ظهر المِجَنّ
مُحتبس : أى أن بين يديه منسكاً ثقيل الوطأة عليه كأنه قد دعي إليه و لكن الدنيا صرفته عنه”
― أبو العتاهية, ديوان أبي العتاهية

“And I open to him, a flower to the rain.”
― Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave

“Where would we be without tomorrows? What we’d have instead are todays. And if that was the case, with you, I’d hope for the longest day for today. I’d fill today with you, doing everything I’ve ever loved. I’d laugh, I’d talk, I’d listen and learn, I’d love, I’d love, I’d love. I’d make every day today and spend them all with you, and I’d never worry about tomorrow, when I wouldn’t be with you. And when that dreaded tomorrow comes for us, please know that I didn’t want to leave you, or be left behind, that every single moment spent with you were the best times in my life.”
― Cecelia Ahern, How to Fall in Love

“Why did I torture myself by comparing myself to someone else? If twenty-year-old me met me today, she would cry with joy. And that's enough for me.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki