Passant

“It's risky, falling in love."

"I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes, and forget them for three hours.

"But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."

"What a horrible way to put it," he said.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“كانت نوع ثالث .. نوع يسلبك كل فرصة في الرحيل عنه .. تلك التي لا تعلم كم ستبقى معها .. ولن تبحث عن إجابة .. فقط ترغب في أن تراها كل يوم .. كل ساعة .. تصغي لها ولا تسمع .. تسبح في ملامحها .. تتأمل أصغر تفاصيلها .. والعيوب التي أصبحت تحبها .. فقط لأنها فيها”
― أحمد مراد, تراب الماس