Tareq Arar

“But there was no time to rest on my laurels.”
― Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Blankets become Jackets

“What I personally discovered was that my happiness at work could be strengthened by improving my relationships at work, more than by the work itself. True,”
― Will Jelbert, The Happiness Animal

“Meeting you was a disaster.”
She raised a brow. “Thank you.”
Djel, he was terrible at this. He stumbled on, trying to make her understand. “But I am grateful for that disaster. I needed a catastrophe to shake me from the life I knew. You were an earthquake, a landslide.”
“I,” she said, planting a hand on her hip, “am a delicate flower.”
“You aren’t a flower, you’re every blossom in the wood blooming at once. You are a tidal wave. You’re a stampede. You are overwhelming.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“I believe you can only be lucky if you start out being
very good”
― Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Blankets become Jackets