Shaima D.

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“What are you going to do with your life?" In one way or another it seemed that people had been asking her this forever; teachers, her parents, friends at three in the morning, but the question had never seemed this pressing and still she was no nearer an answer... "Live each day as if it's your last', that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“وضعوني في اناء
ثم قالو لي تأقلم
وانا لست بماء
انا من طين السماء
واذا ضاق انائي بنموي …يتحطم
خيروني ..
بين موت وبقاء
بين ان ارقص فوق الحبل
او ارقص تحت الحبل
فاخترت البقاء
قلت : اعدم
فاخنقوابالحبل صوت الببغاء
وامدوني بصمت ابدي يتكلم”
― أحمد مطر

“I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace and Other Stories