Online jottings of a twenty-something ...

26. Muslim. Born in Pakistan. Raised in Brunei. Living in the UK. I like all things girly (baking, flowers, poetry, rom coms and anything sweet !). I love reading books and live by quotes. Oh and I'm a doctor by profession <3 x

[thelovejournals]

You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known- and even that is an understatement.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Letter to Zelda Fitzgerald,” 1939 (via thelovejournals)

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Marry someone who is interested in you. I don’t mean someone who thinks you’re cute or funny. I mean someone who wants to deal both with the darkness and brightness of your soul. Someone who wants to know every insignificant detail of you. Someone who wants to embrace every scar of your soul, every flaw of your body and learn where each one came from. Someone who wants to know your favourite brand of toothpaste, and which quotes resonate deep inside your bones when you hear them. There is a difference between attraction and interest. Find the person who wants to learn every aspect of who you are, and hold onto them.

(via noorehh)

[wnq-writers]

Forgive, not for their sake, but for yourself. Challenge yourself every time you feel bitter to lift that weight off of your chest. This is exercise for the soul.

Maxwell Diawuoh (via wnq-writers)

[floralls]

Wisconsin Horizons by Phil Koch

[noorshirazie]

And when you undress before bed, remember to dispose of your worries too. They have a bad habit of sticking to your skin if unattended.

Noor Shirazie (via noorshirazie)

[lespritmodestee]

It’s really hard to respect a parent that reacts explosively to everything. It is disgusting the way our culture nurtures egotistical, defiant, arrogant, self-absorbed patriarchs that feel entitled to the utmost respect without actually doing anything to deserve it. It upsets me that my own blood is part of the problem. Rigidity at its finest. Sometimes our own family is the biggest test of this dunya and sometimes knowing that is what makes it all the more heartbreaking and painful as part of the suffering.

[captvinvanity]

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[newhousebooks-deactivated202002]

Question marks from Samuel Welo, 1960.

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If you have a large group of friends which are all Muslim, don’t ever take that for granted. It is a bigger blessing than you realise to be in company of people on the same journey. Some of us spend a lot of our time in the depth of the night just praying to Allah that we find people who will share the love of this religion with us and who can help elevate our imaan, as we can theirs. So if you have righteous friends by your side, cherish them. They are rare, and you are blessed.

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[begratefultogod]

When a person is content with what they have, God bestows more blessings upon them but if a person is ungrateful and fails to count their blessings, God will take it away. Be content with what you have and don’t think about what you don’t have……

(via moeyhashy)

[julaibib]

{ فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ } “So ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive.”

• [Hūd 11:61]

[quotemadness]

My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

Jane Austen (via quotemadness)

[begratefultogod]

The first sign of a loving mother is that she chose for you a loving father.

(via moeyhashy)

[begratefultogod]

Female beauty is a drug used to distract and intoxicated men while they rob them blind of resources. Every time men like the picture of a random female, she receives the signal that her game is strong. She wins, but we all lose. Women don’t need to be told how they look if it doesn’t increase the quality of thier humanity and I assure you it doesn’t.

(via moeyhashy)