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“the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.”
― Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary Madness

“You blossom under kindness, don't you? Like a rose.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“just because you fail once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything. keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself because if you don't, then who will? so keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
― Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words

“I will remember your scent and your touch and how it felt to love you. But most of all, I will remember how it felt to gaze at true beauty, both inside and out. For you are fair, my beloved, in soul and in body, generous of spirit and generous of heart. And I will never see anything this side of heaven more beautiful than you.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“ذات مرة كتب طه حسين الى زوجته سوزان يقول: «بدونك اشعر اني اعمى حقا. اما وانا معك، فإني اتوصل الى الشعور بكل شيء، واني امتزج بكل الاشياء التي تحيط بي». وعندما رحل هو عن العالم، كتبت هي تقول: «ذراعي لن تمسك بذراعك ابدا، ويداي تبدوان لي بلا فائدة بشكل محزن، فأغرق في اليأس، اريد عبر عيني المخضبتين بالدموع، حيث يقاس مدى الحب، وامام الهاوية المظلمة، حيث يتأرجح كل شيء، اريد ان ارى تحت جفنيك اللذين بقيا محلقين، ابتسامتك المتحفظة، ابتسامتك المبهمة، الباسلة، اريد ان ارى من جديد ابتسامتك الرائعة..»”
― طه حسين, الأيام

“أيها العطر! لقد خرجت من أزهار جميلة، وستعلم حين تسكبك هي على جسمها الفاتن أنك رجعت إلى أجمل من أزهارك، وأنك، كالمؤمنين تركوا الدنيا ولكنهم نالوا الجنة ونعيمها ... !”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, أوراق الورد

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“أصابك عشق أم رميت بأسهم - فما هذه إلا سجيّة مغرمِ
ألا فاسقني كاسات خمر وغني لي - بذكري سليمى والكمان ونغمي
فدع عنك ذكر العامرية إنني ـ أغار عليها من فمي المتكلمِ
أغار عليها من أبيها وأمها ـ إذا حدثاها بالكلام المغمغمِ
أغار عليها من ثيابها ـ إذا لبستها فوق جسم منعّم
فواللّه لولا اللّه فواللّه ـ لولا اللّه والخوف والحياء
لقبلتها، للثمتها، لعضتها - لضممتها بين العقيق وزمزم
وان حرم الله في شرعه الزنا - فما حرّم التقبيلُ يوماً على الفم
وإن حرمت يوما على دين محمدٍ - فخذها على دين المسيح ابن مريم

أَعُدُّ اللَيالي لَيلَةً بَعدَ لَيلَةٍ - وَقَد عِشتُ دَهراً لا أَعُدُّ اللَيالِيا
أُصلّي فما أدري إذا ما ذكرتُها - أثنتّينِ صلّيتُ العشاء أَم ثمانيا

عشقتك يا ليلى وأنت صغيرة - وأنا ابن سبع ما بلغت الثمانيا
يقولون ليلى في العراق مريضة - ألا ليتني كنت الطبيب المداويا
و قالوا عنك سوداء حبشية - ولولا سواد المسك ما انباع غاليا

بلغوها إذا أتيتم حماها - أنني مت في الغرام فداها
واذكروني لها بكل جميل - فعساها تحن علي عساها
واصحبوها لتربتي فعظامي - تشتهي أن تدوسها قدماها
إن روحى من الضريح تناجيها - وعيني تسير إثر خطاها
لم يشقني يوم القيامة لولا - أملي أنني هناك أراها

تسائلني حلوة المبسم - متى أنت فبّلتني في فمي؟
سلي شفتيك بما حسّتاه - من شفتي شاعر مغرم
ألم تغمضي عندها ناظريك؟ - وبالرّاحتين ألم تحتمي؟
فإن شئت أرجعتها ثانيا - مضاعفة للفم المنعم
فقالت و غضذت بأهدابها - إذا كان حقا فلا تحجم
سأغمض عينيّ كي لا أراك - وما في صنيعك من مأثم
كأنّك في الحلم قبّلتني - فقلت و أفديك أن تحلمي”
― تراث

“If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?”
― Marie Rabutin-Chantal De Sévigné

“And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered. But most of all, I learned that life is about sitting on benches next to ancient creeks with my hand on her knee and sometimes, on good days, for falling in love.”
― Nicholas Sparks

“Look at me. Look into my eyes." His eyes fixed on hers as they fluttered open.
"I'll give you anything. My body, my soul, Take them. Take everything.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

“Bu dünyada bana en yakın insan sensin.”
― Orhan Veli Kanık, Yalnız Seni Arıyorum: Nahit Hanım'a Mektuplar

“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
― Anne Frank, diary of Anne Frank: the play

“I Worried"

I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn
as it was taught, and if not how shall
I correct it?

Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?

Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows
can do it and I am, well,
hopeless.

Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,
am I going to get rheumatism,
lockjaw, dementia?

Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.”
― Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.”
― Kobayashi Issa, Poems

“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

“In a simple and a peaceful cottage with a beautiful view, you will not be dreaming about the palaces or the heaven, because you already have a perfect thing!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“I will use a flower petal for paper,
And write you the sweetest letter,
You are the sultan of my heart,
Sultan of my heart.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”
― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“To the one in the skies, this city must look like a scintillating pattern of speckled glows in all directions, like a firecracker going off amid thick darkness. Right now the urban pattern glowing here is in hues of orange, ginger, and ochre. It is a configuration of sparkles, each dot a light lit by someone awake at this hour. From where the Celestial Gaze is situated, from that high above, all these sporadically lit bulbs must seem in perfect harmony, constantly flickering, as if coding a cryptic message to God.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

“Without you there would be no me.
I am everything reflected in your eyes.
I am everything approved by your smile.
I am everything born of your guidance.
I am me only because of you.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank

“I must have flowers. Always and always.”
― Claude Monet

“فإن كل لذة الحب، وإن أروع ما في سحره، أنه لا يدعنا نحيا فيما حولنا من العالم، بل في شخص جميل ليس فيه إلا معاني أنفسنا الجميلة وحدها، ومن ثم يصلنا العشق من جمال الحبيب بجمال الكون، وينشئ لنا في هذا العمر الإنساني المحدود ساعات إلهية خالدة، تشعر المحب أن في نفسه القوة المالئة هذا الكون على سعته”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, أوراق الورد