Rukaiya

“احفظ قولَ الحكيمِ الذي قالَ: لتكن غايتك فيما بينك وبين عدوك العدل، وفيما بينك وبين صديقك الرضاء.
وذلك أن العدو خصم تصرعه بالحجةِ وتغلبه بالحكامِ، وأن الصديق ليس بينك وبينه قاضٍ، فإنما حكمه رضاه”
― عبد الله بن المقفع, الأدب الصغير والأدب الكبير

“My mouth is a fire escape.
The words coming out
don’t care that they are naked.
There is something burning in there.”
― Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase

“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
― Willa Cather

“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others