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“والآن أشهد أن حضورك موت
وأن غيابك موتان
والآن أمشي على خنجر وأغني...
قد عرف الموت أني أحبك
أني أجدد يوماً مضى ...
لأحبك يوماً وأمضي...”
― محمود درويش

“But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“الكمنجات تبكي على زمنٍ ضائعٍ ... لا يعود
الكمنجات تبكي على وطنٍ ضائعٍ ... قد يعود”
― محمود درويش