Fatima

“In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now," even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse: If a person is happy enough to think he has reached the happiest moment of his life, he will be hopeful enough to believe his future will be just as beautiful, more so.”
― Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence

“When I'm with you,
I feel exposed.
Naked.
When I'm naked with you,
I feel clothed.
Sheltered.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“برای درک حقیقت من به خیالِ خودم بیشتر اعتماد می‌کنم تا به آنچه که در واقع رخ می‌دهد. شما بهتر می‌دانید که رفتار و گفتارِ آدم‌ها چیزی نیست جز پوششی برای پنهان کردنِ آنچه که در خیالشان می‌گذرد”
― رضا قاسمی, همنوایی شبانه ارکستر چوبها

“One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage through acute loss. That is what lies at the root of true harmony.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage