May Zm

“قاعدة أخرى
الوحدة والخلوة شيئان مختلفان , فعندما تكون وحيدا
من السهل أن تخدع نفسك ويخيل إليك أنك تسير على الطريق القويم
أما الخلوة فهي أفضل لنا لأنها تعني أنك تكون وحدك من دون أن تشعر أنك وحيد
لكن في نهاية الأمر , من الأفضل لك أن تبحث عن شخص
شخص يكون بمثابة مرآة لك
تذكر أنك لا تستطيع أن ترى نفسك حقا ,إلا في قلب شخص آخر
وبوجود الله في داخلك.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“Even
After
All this time
The Sun never says to the Earth,

"You owe me."

Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the whole sky.”
― Hafiz

“ألا يقول الله
{ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ }
فالله لا يقبع بعيداً في السموات العالية ، بل يقبع في داخل كل منا
لذلك فهو لا يتخلى عنا ، فكيف له أن يتخلى عن نفسه؟”
― إليف شافاق, The Forty Rules of Love

“You survived by seizing every tiny drop of love you could find anywhere, and milking it, relishing it, for all it was worth. And as you grew up, you sought love, anywhere you could find it, whether it was a teacher or a coach or a friend or a friend's parents. You sought those tiny droplets of love, basking in them when you found them. They sustained you. For all these years, you've lived under the illusion that somehow, you made it because you were tough enough to overpower the abuse, the hatred, the hard knocks of life. But really you made it because love is so powerful that tiny little doses of it are enough to overcome the pain of the worst things life can dish out. Toughness was a faulty coping mechanism you devised to get by. But, in reality, it has been your ability to never give up, to keep seeking love, and your resourcefulness to make that love last long enough to sustain you. That is what has gotten you by.”
― Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder