Wala'a

“You are not fool’s gold, shining only under a particular light. Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“جئت، لا أعلم من أين، ولكنّي أتيت ولقد أبصرت قدّامي طريقا فمشيت وسأبقى ماشيا إن شئت هذا أم أبيت كيف جئت؟ كيف أبصرت طريقي؟ لست أدري! أجديد أم قديم أنا في هذا الوجود”
― إيليا أبو ماضي, ‫ديوان إيليا أبو ماضي‬

“This is a magical place,” I said. “Everything shines here.” “You must stop yourself from thinking like that,” Dr. Kerry said, his voice raised. “You are not fool’s gold, shining only under a particular light. Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were. It was always in you. Not in Cambridge. In you. You are gold. And returning to BYU, or even to that mountain you came from, will not change who you are. It may change how others see you, it may even change how you see yourself—even gold appears dull in some lighting—but that is the illusion. And it always was.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.”
― Tara Westover, Educated