Alyaa

“I did not know the work of mourning
Is like carrying a bag of cement
Up a mountain at night

The mountaintop is not in sight
Because there is no mountaintop
Poor Sisyphus grief

I did not know I would struggle
Through a ragged underbrush
Without an upward path

...

Look closely and you will see
Almost everyone carrying bags
Of cement on their shoulders

That’s why it takes courage
To get out of bed in the morning
And climb into the day.”
― Edward Hirsch, Gabriel: A Poem

“I’m going to tell you something: thoughts are never honest. Emotions are.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1951-1959

“إن أشقى ما يمكن أن تصاب به هو أن تكون ذا قلب حنون وعقل شاك.”
― Naguib Mahfouz, السكرية

“When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.”
― Louis C.K.