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“What makes night within us may leave stars.”
― Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three

“To hear never-heard sounds,
To see never-seen colors and shapes,
To try to understand the imperceptible
Power pervading the world;
To fly and find pure ethereal substances
That are not of matter
But of that invisible soul pervading reality.
To hear another soul and to whisper to another soul;
To be a lantern in the darkness
Or an umbrella in a stormy day;
To feel much more than know.
To be the eyes of an eagle, slope of a mountain;
To be a wave understanding the influence of the moon;
To be a tree and read the memory of the leaves;
To be an insignificant pedestrian on the streets
Of crazy cities watching, watching, and watching.
To be a smile on the face of a woman
And shine in her memory
As a moment saved without planning.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

“أَنا لستُ مني إن أَتيتُ ولم أَصِلْ

أَنا لستُ منِّي إن نَطَقْتُ ولم أَقُلْ

أَنا مَنْ تَقُولُ له الحُروفُ الغامضاتُ :

اكتُبْ تَكُنْ !

واقرأْ تَجِدْ !”
― محمود درويش, جدارية

“You see, some people are born with a piece of night inside, and that hollow place can never be filled - not with all the good food or sunshine in the world. That emptiness cannot be banished, and so some days we wake with the feeling of the wind blowing through, and we must simply endure it as the boy did.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic