Golnaz

“The success parts of life might look good to others, but the best parts, are actually the simple daily experiences…When you finally achieve one of your goals, which you will, and it long last get to a place you dreamed of for years, and it does not feel the way you hoped it would, don't worry about it. I've had few achievements that felt better than morning crew sounds, and crossword puzzles with friends, and middling coffee with love, because the spotlight aspect of life, that’s not the satisfying part.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

“And probably, if they don’t waste time looking for an easier world, they can do it.”
― Mary Oliver, Dream Work

“هزار سال پیش
شبی که ابر اخترانِ دور دست
می‌گذشت از فراز بام من
صدام کرد

چه آشناست این صدا
همان که از زمان گاهواره می‌شنیدمش
همان که از درون من صِدام می‌کند

هزار سال میان جنگل ستاره‌ها پیِ تو گشته‌ام
ستاره‌ای نگفت
کزین سرای بی‌کسی
کسی صدات می‌کند؟

هنوز دیر نیست
هنوز صبر من
به قامت بلند آرزوست

عزیز همزبان من
تو در کدام کهکشان نشسته‌ای؟!...”
― هوشنگ ابتهاج

“I tell you these stories because when I look back, I still think of my life in high school musical theater as a metaphor for pretty much everything that was to follow in the real world. I've had ups and downs; I've had successes and senior slumps. I have been the girl who has the lead and the one who wished she had the bigger part. The truth, they don't feel that different from each other. My happiness has not been found in the mosts or bests no matter how many times I expected to find it there, and I looked; believe me, once in a while, I still look. We are all told it is there, all the time.”
― Lauren Graham, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It