Mozonleto

“...be sure to wash every day, even if it is with your own spit; don't squat down to play marbles—you are not a boy, you know; don't pick people's flowers—you might catch something; don't throw stones at blackbirds, because it might not be a blackbird at all; this is how to make a bread pudding; this is how to make doukona; this is how to make pepper pot; this is how to make a good medicine for a cold; this is how to make a good medicine to throw away a child before it even becomes a child; this is how to catch a fish; this is how to throw back a fish you don't like, and that way something bad won't fall on you; this is how to bully a man; this is how a man bullies you; this is how to love a man; and if this doesn't work there are other ways, and if they don't work don't feel too bad about giving up; this is how to spit up in the air if you feel like it, and this is how to move quick so that it doesn't fall on you; this is how to make ends meet; always squeeze bread to make sure it's fresh; but what if the baker won't let me feel the bread?; you mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won't let near the bread?”
― Jamaica Kincaid

“فقلبك لا يعطيك إلا بقدر ما تعطيه، فلا تهمله طوال العام ثم تطمع أن ينهض لك في لحظة أو شهر.

وشتان بين من ينتظر مواسم الخير ليصلح قلبه، وبين من يُصلح قلبه لينتظر مواسم الخير!

إن الفلاح المتقن يحرث الأرض ويبذرها ثم ينتظر المطر، أما من انتظر المطر ليُصلح له أرضه، فلن يُنبت فيها إلا الحشائش.”
― علاء عبدالحميد

“You can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives.”
― Glenn Beck, The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life

“Have you ever met someone for the first time, but in your heart you feel as if you’ve met them before?”
― JoAnne Kenrick, When A Mullo Loves A Woman