

“إن السعادة الإنسانية الصحيحة هي في العطاء دون الأخذ, فما المرءُ إلا ثمرةً تنضج بموادها, حتى إذا نضجتْ واحلوّت؛ كان مظهرَ كمالها ومنفعتها في الوجود أن تهبَ حلاوتها, فإذا هي أمسكت الحلاوة على نفسها ؛ لم يكن إلا هذه الحلاوةَ بعينها سببٌ في عفنها وفسادها من بعد. أفهمت؟”
― وحي القلم
― وحي القلم

“في قلب الرجل ألف باب يدخل منها كل يوم ألف شيء ولكن حين تدخل المرأة من أحدها لا ترضى إلا أن تغلقها كلها”
― السحاب الأحمر
― السحاب الأحمر

“ لا يريد الهمّ منك أكثر من أن تريدَه .. فيأتي! ”
― رسائل الأحزان
― رسائل الأحزان

“I am still so naïve; I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don’t ask me who I am. A passionate, fragmentary girl, maybe?”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“A Prayer
Refuse to fall down
If you cannot refuse to fall down,
refuse to stay down.
If you cannot refuse to stay down,
lift your heart toward heaven,
and like a hungry beggar,
ask that it be filled.
You may be pushed down.
You may be kept from rising.
But no one can keep you from lifting your heart
toward heaven
only you.
It is in the middle of misery
that so much becomes clear.
The one who says nothing good
came of this,
is not yet listening.
”
― The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die
Refuse to fall down
If you cannot refuse to fall down,
refuse to stay down.
If you cannot refuse to stay down,
lift your heart toward heaven,
and like a hungry beggar,
ask that it be filled.
You may be pushed down.
You may be kept from rising.
But no one can keep you from lifting your heart
toward heaven
only you.
It is in the middle of misery
that so much becomes clear.
The one who says nothing good
came of this,
is not yet listening.
”
― The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die
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