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Ada Limón, from "Crush", Sharks in the Rivers

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“ليس هناك امرأةٌ في الدنيا أجمل منك.. ولكن مشكلتك.. كمشكلة الوردة التي لا تشم عطرها.. كمشكلة الكتاب الذي لا يعرف القراءة There is no woman in the world more beautiful than you But your problem, is like the problem of the rose that does not smell its own perfume Like the problem of the book who does not know how to read.”

— Nizar Qabbani

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“He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.”

— Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina”, Part I, IX, 1877.

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"The endurance of Prophet Joseph in regards to not complying with the woman's invite was more graceful than his patience with what his brothers did to him by throwing him into the well, him being sold into slavery, and being separated from his father, etc. This is because he experienced these events without having consented to them; while his patience in keeping away from transgressing was a patience of his choosing, of his goodwill and pleasure, and his striving against himself."

Narrated by Ibn Taymiyyah and reported in Madarij as-Salikeen by Ibn al-Qayyim (v. 2, p. 152)

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“The wisest person is someone who does good in a state of fear (that their actions were not purely for God), whilst the stupidest person is someone who does evil thinking they’re safe (from God’s anger).”

at-Tabsirah by Ibn al-Jawzi (v. 1, p. 351)

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“Sometimes, I imagine how great it would be if we could live our lives without bothering other people.”

— Haruki Murakami, Wind/Pinball: Two Early Novels

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“The wisest person is someone who does good in a state of fear (that their actions were not purely for God), whilst the stupidest person is someone who does evil thinking they’re safe (from God’s anger).”

at-Tabsirah by Ibn al-Jawzi (v. 1, p. 351)

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“and even though I laughed with them, it felt like I was watching the whole thing from somewhere else, like I was watching a movie about my life instead of living it.”

— Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

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“Pay attention to a person when he speaks for truly, his tongue will scoop up what’s [hidden] in his heart. Is it something sweet, sour, tasteless or salty?”

al-Jawab al-Kafi by Ibn al-Qayyim (v. 1, p. 159)

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“I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, “Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with.” And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink―it’s gone.”

— Jacqueline Woodson, If You Come Softly

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“And I knew it. That’s the worst part: I knew it.”

— Marguerite Duras, The North China Lover

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When Mahmoud Darwish said, "A University degree, four books and hundereds of articles and I still make mistakes when reading. You wrote me 'good morning' and I read it as 'I love you'."

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“You kiss me with your mouth wide open like you’re not afraid of swallowing poison. I taste the good and bad in you and want them both. We call this bravery.”

— Anita Ofokansi, Literary Sexts

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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”

— Philip K. Dick

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“I think I want to be in love with you but I don’t know how.”

— Angela Carter