Joury

“How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”
― Evans G. Valens, The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont

“The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us ever got enough of that. We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of - unconditional love, unconditional attention. Most of us didn't get enough.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“ففي رأى الجاحظ : أن آراء الإنسان وعقائده ليست إرادية بل هي مفروضة عليه فرضاَ وأنها نتيجة حتمية لكيفيه تكوين عقله وما يعرض عليه من الآراء فمن عرض عليه دين فلم يستحسنه عقله فهو مضطر إلى عدم الاستحسان وليس في الإمكان أن يستسحن وهو إذن ليس مسئولا عن اعتقاده، إذ لا يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعها فمن أصيب بعمى الأوان فرأى الأحمر أسود فلا لوم عليه في ذلك .إذ ليس في استطاعته إلا أن يفتح عينيه أو يقفلها أما أن يرى هذا اسود أو أحمر فلا دخل له فيه. وكذلك الشأن في المعقولات”
― علي الوردي, مهزلة العقل البشري

“I think people expect too much from marriage today,' he said. 'They expect perfection. Every moment should be bliss. That's TV or movies. But that is not the human experience.
. . . twenty good minutes here, forty good minutes there, it adds up to something beautiful. The trick is when things aren't so great, you don't junk the whole thing. It's okay to have an argument. It's okay that the other one nudges you a little, bothers you a little. It's part of being close to someone.
But the joy you get from that same closeness--when you watch your children, when you wake up and smile at each other--that . . . is a blessing. People forget that.”
― Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: a True Story