Smaa Raja

“I’m . . . accustomed to being alone. There are times when alone is the best place to be. I enjoy my own company.”
― Sara Naveed, Our Story Ends Here

“It is possible too that I was experiencing something known as "anticipatory grief," the mourning that occurs before a certain loss. Anticipatory. Expectatory. Trepidatory. This grief had a dampness. It did not drench or drown me, but it hung in the air like a pallid cloud, thinning but never entirely vanishing. It followed me wherever I went and gradually I grew used to looking at the world through it.”
― Kyo Maclear, Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation

“Maybe the life you’ve always wanted is buried under everything you own!”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“Often it is those who live quietly, modestly, and contentedly with a simple life who are the happiest.”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own