Rajae

“I can't take not knowing what the next day will bring- the uncertainty is sawing me in two. The room is dark. A flickering candle burns on the window ledge a few feet away. I take a deep breath, which is to say, as deep a breath as I can take.

"Are you okay?" Sarah asks.

I wrap my arms around her. "I miss you," I say.

"You miss me? But I'm right here."

"That's the worst way to miss somebody. When they' re right beside you and you miss them anyway.”
― Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four

“إذا كثرت أحزانك ... نم.”
― عبده خال, الأوغاد يضحكون

“I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Mini Shopaholic

“...he wondered if maybe just occasionally the gods designed a woman fit for a king or a prince and then gave her to an ordinary man. Maybe they did such a thing once in a while, knowing an ordinary man would treasure her more, love her better. Maybe they even let him keep her - for a while.”
― Ellen O'Connell, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold