Sadaf

“Allah Pe Jab Tawakal Hota Hai Na, Tou Mushkil Kaam Bhi Ahsaan Ho Jata Hai.”
― Umera Ahmed, Shahr E Zaat/شہر ذات

“دنیا‏ ‏عورت‏ ‏کے‏ ‏ماضی‏ ‏کو‏ ‏کبھی‏ ‏نہیں‏ ‏بھولتی.‏ ‏دنیا‏ ‏صرف‏ ‏مرد‏ ‏کے‏ ‏ماضی‏ ‏کو‏ ‏بھولتی‏ ‏ہے.‏"‏”
― Umera Ahmed, La Hasil/لا حاصل

“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.”
― Socrates

“At night, I open the window
and ask the moon to come
and press its face against mine.
Breathe into me.
Close the language-door
and open the love-window.
The moon won't use the door,
only the window.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings