Sama

“Espousing the melancholy of ancient symbols, I would have freed myself.”
― Emil Cioran, A Short History of Decay

“you cannot leave
and have me too
i cannot exist in
two places at once

-when you ask if we can still be friends”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“برغم إن الكلام ع الحب من نظرة كلام معتاد
وإن الصدفة أحيانا بتبقى بألف ألف ميعاد
ورغم إن الكلام أصلا بينقص حاجة كل ما زاد
ورغم إني جدع وتقيل وعمرى ما أقولها بالساهل
أنا نفسى أقولها لك فـ أول مرة نتقابل
فلو كان المكان يسمح وست الكل لو تأذن
أنا عايز أقول إني بحبك من زمان جدًا”
― مصطفى إبراهيم

“what i miss most is how you loved me. but what i didn't know was how you loved me had so much to do with the person i was. it was a reflection of everything i gave you. coming back to me. how did i not see that. how. did i sit here soaking in the idea that no one else would love me that way. when it was i that taught you. when it was i that showed you how to fill. the way i needed to be filled. how cruel i was to myself. giving you credit for my warmth simply because you had felt it. thinking it was you who gave me strength. wit. beauty. simply because you recognized it. as if i was already not these things before i met you. as if i did not remain all these things after you left.”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey