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“On the Day of Judgement, every single hour of the son of Adam’s life will be presented and shown to him. Each hour of his life that he lived which no good deed was done in will tear him apart out of regret.”

‌‏Al-Hasan al-Basri | حفظُ العُمْر لابن الجوزيّ (ص٦٣)

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We should start seeing the way things are rather than the way it would have been

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“How afraid I am to be free despite my frequent desire for it.”

— Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“May I have the courage today To live the life that I would love, To postpone my dream no longer But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on fear no more.”

 John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

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Rachel McKibbens, from Blud; “three strikes”

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زندگی نے دیا درد اتنا ، سہ نہ پائے

کچھ ان کہی باتیں تھیں ، کہہ نہ پائے

جدائی کے اس آلم میں آ پہنچے ہیں ہم

تیرے بنا رہ کر بھی ہم ، رہ نہ پائے

“Life has given so much pain, I couldn’t bear it

There were some unsaid words, I couldn’t say it

We have come to such state of separation

Even after living without you, I couldn’t live “

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کہ تو نہیں ترا غم تیری جستجو بھی نہیں

That you are not with me, neither your sorrow nor the quest for you

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If all goes well, I shall disappear for some time and there will be no way to get hold of me.

- Hermann Hesse, from a letter to Conrad Haussmann

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i once read “giving someone more of what they already do not appreciate will not make them love you” and bro…

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don’t talk to strangers on the internet because they’re great and hot and funny and live miles away and highlight the lack of people in your daily life that you can tolerate

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As long as the sun rises, I’ll continue to trust the process.

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Diluite me, I tell them. Make me easier to love.

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Frank Bidart, "The War of Vaslav Nijinsky"

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You hurt my feelings which was interesting to me

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The beauty of faith is seen in the trust placed in Allah’s plan. Even when the path is unclear, the heart finds peace in knowing He is always there.

"إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌۭ مُّجِيبٌۭ"

"Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive." (Qur'an, 11:61)