[julaibib]

Make a private place for yourself in this world, because fascinating things will be presented to you. Know them and be on your guard, and do not be harmed by withdrawing from preoccupations while you are among them.

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله - [al-Fawaa'id, p.86]

[petaltexturedskies]

Simone de Beauvoir, Diary of a Philosophy Student

[oldwinesoul]

[oldwinesoul]

[free-my-mindd]

I love the sound of heavy rain and thunder on a dark night I find it so peaceful.

[acornfaerie]

i want to curl up inside a soft rose and fall asleep for a while

[perfectfeelings]

“An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken!”

— Mandy Hale, Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

[valentina-poem]

[weltenwellen]

Wale Ayinla, from “Portrait of a Boy with Grief”

[weltenwellen]

Sally Wen Mao, from “Opera Sextronique”, Oculus

[mournfulroses]

Christa Wolf, from her essay collection titled "One Day a Year: 1960–2000," originally published in 2003

[free-my-mindd]

Maturing is realizing you allowed it and that’s why it continued.

[metamorphesque]

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

[remanence-of-love]

[eleminim]

This!

[inkpressedpetals]

[inkpressedpetals]

[mv11]

[mushroomemoji444]