Maria Anwar

“my mother gave me islam.

my father gave me the god of absence.

and here i am.

a religion made of myself.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, Nejma

“God created sufferings so that joy might appear through its opposite. Things become manifest through opposites. Since God has no opposite, He remains hidden.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“Wenn ihr froh seid, schaut tief in eure Herzen, und ihr werdet entdecken, dass der Grund eures vergangenen Leides nun der Grund eurer Freude ist.
Und wenn ihr traurig seid, schaut wieder in euer Herz, und ihr werdet sehen, dass ihr in Wahrheit darüber weint, was zuvor eure Freude ausmachte.”
― Khalil Gibran, Der Prophet