Nour Mattar

“Life is long, and sometimes cruel. Sometimes victims are needed. Someone has to take on that role. And human bodies are fragile, easily damaged. Cut them, and they bleed.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“We survived. You and I. And those who survive have a duty. Our duty is to do our best to keep on living. Even if our lives are not perfect.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“...this life is a fist
of fast wishes caught by nothing
but the fishhook of tomorrow's tug.”
― Ada Limon, Bright Dead Things

“but we joke and laugh
otherwise we would start
screaming.”
― Charles Bukowski