Tarana Ferdous

“What I said to God through my gasping sobs was something like this: 'Hello, God. How are you? I'm Liz. It's nice to meet you.' That's right- I was speaking tot he creator of the universe as though we'd just been introduced at a cocktail party. But we work with what we know in this life, and these are the words I always use at the beginning of a relationship. In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, "I've always been a big fan of your work..”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“আসছে ফাল্গুনে আমরা কিন্তু দ্বিগুণ হবো।”
― Zahir Raihan, আরেক ফাল্গুন

“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have ever desired something and then didn't get it (or, worse, got it and subsequently lost it) know full well the suffering of which the Buddah spoke. Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody - really want him - it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that any separation will now cause you lacerating injury. All you know is that you must obtain the object of your desire by any means necessary, and then never be parted. All you can think about is your beloved. Lost in such primal urgency, you no longer completely own yourself. You have become an indentured servant to your own yearnings.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

“Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed