Nasema Dashti

“مازلتُ أعرف أن الشوق معصيتي..
والعشق والله ذنب لستُ أخفيه..
قلبي الذي لم يزل طفلاً يعاتبني..
كيف انقضى العيد.. وانقضت لياليه..
يا فرحة لم تزل كالطيف تُسكرني..
كيف انتهى الحلم بالأحزان والتيه..
حتى إذا ما انقضى كالعيد سامرنا..
عدنا إلى الحزن يدمينا.. ونُدميه..”
― فاروق جويدة, مختارات من شعر فاروق جويدة: قصائد حب

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi