Sara

“Sadly, I part from you;
Like a clam torn from its shell,
I go, and autumn too.”
― Matsuo Basho, Narrow Road to the Interior

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“This autumn-
why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds.”
― Basho Matsuo

“If Husain (as) had fought to quench his worldly desires…then I do not understand why his sister, wife, and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore, that he sacrificed purely for Islam.”
― Charles Dickens