Ayah Rub

“Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you’re equipped to deal with its sorrows and its surprises. If you persist in expecting it to give you something it can’t give, that just proves that you haven’t understood anything. Take things as they come; don’t turn them into a drama. You’re not piloting the ship, you’re following the course of your destiny.”
― Yasmina Khadra, Swallows of Kabul

“There is no new beginning. No second chance.
You turned to me and I wasn't there.
You are dead. If I had taken your call, you would be alive.
It's as blunt as that.
I'm sorry.”
― Rosamund Lupton, Sister

“If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“The best relationships are between two people who care more about each other's good than their own momentary pleasure.”
― Joshua Harris, I Kissed Dating Goodbye: Study Guide