Ranim BenAmeur

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“قد كنتُ في زمن الطفولةِ, و السذاجة و الطهور
أحيا كما تحيا البلابلُ, والجداولُ, والزُّهورْ
لا نحفل, الدنيا تدور بأهلها, أو لا تدورْ
واليومَ أحيا مُرْهَقَ الأعْصاب , مشبوب الشعور
مُتأجِّجَ الإحساسِ, أحفلُ بالعظيم, وبالحقيرْ
تمشـي على قلبي الحياةُ, ويزحف الكون الكبير
هذا مصيري, يا بني, فما أشقى المصيرْ!”
― أبو القاسم الشابي, أغاني الحياة

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo