Melissa

“Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.”
― Hafez

“Any government's condemnation of terrorism is only credible if it shows itself to be responsive to persistent, reasonable, closely argued, non-violent dissent. And yet, what's happening is just the opposite. The world over, non-violent resistance movements are being crushed and broken. If we do not respect and honour them, by default we privilege those who turn to violent means.”
― Arundhati Roy

“The female doesn’t want a rich man or a handsome man or even a poet, she wants a man who understands her eyes if she gets sad, and points to his chest and say : 'Here is your home country.”
― Nizar Qabbani

“Your lost Joseph will return to Canaan, do not grieve.
This house of sorrows will become a garden, do not grieve.”
― Hafiz