Hanan Alaali

“Why don't we do things we know we should do? Because we don't feel like it. Every problem of self-control is not a problem of information or discipline or reason, but, rather, of emotion. Self-control is an emotional problem. Laziness is an emotional problem. Procrastination is an emotional problem. Underachievement is an emotional problem. Impulsiveness is an emotional problem. This sucks, because emotional problems are much harder to deal with than logical ones.”
― Mark Manson, Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

“She was no longer who she used to be, and she wasn't yet whoever she was becoming.”
― Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

“She was a foreigner and, like all foreigners, she carried with her the shadow of an elsewhere.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Funerals are for the living,”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World