Arena of the mind

I build bridges of silver and crowns of gold.

[books-n-quotes]

“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.”

— Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

[ugh-blog1]

[prescription-cactus]

couples ought to be friends if not best friends. romance is not a alternate path to friendship, but an add-on to friendship. friendship with sprinkles on top.

[noorshirazie]

“Find enough strength in yourself to drain your veins of the toxicity other people left in you.”

— Noor Shirazie, Into the Wildfire: Battle Scars

[noorshirazie]

“Let me travel with you through the heavy sighs. The uplifting laughter. The anguished tears. I want to cherish emotion with the same strength and fierceness as that of your wide open heart.”

— Noor Shirazie

[virginias-daughter]

- From Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

[deeplifequotes]

You need to...

Fall. You need to fail. You need struggles. You need trials. You need challenges. You need life to smack you around… to kick you when you’re down… and when you think it’s about to end… you need life to go at it again. You need heartbreak. You need debt. You need loss. You need pain. You need periods of hopelessness. Do not try to hide or avoid these things. You need to face them. You need to face yourself. You need to walk through the fire. You need to go through hell to burn away all the negative labels you give yourself so you can get to the truth of who you really are. You are a creator. You are powerful. You are worthy. You are greatness. You are endless possibilities. But you won’t realize it until you overcome all of it. It’s not gonna be easy. But you will appreciate who you become in the process. Hang in there. You’re not alone. I believe in you. Peace. - Rob

[darwishism]

We still have considerable time, o heart, so hold out. 

[zachrykdouglas]

🌙🌞 An excerpt out of my new book “Muse” Link is in my bio for signed copies (at St. George, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B05rgSIlYUB/?igshid=1f5brotutbfqr

[julaibib]

وَلَا يَحْزُنْكَ قَوْلُهُمْ

“Do not let their words sadden you.”

— Surat Yunus 10:65 

[the-book-diaries]

“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”

— Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

[noorshirazie]

“instead of adding to the ways you find peace, try subtraction. uproot yourself from the incessant chase of validation. throw away notions of what you should be doing to make room for what you already possess. learn where to direct your energy. there will be things that require you to let go. there will be other things that demand you to tighten your grip.”

— Noor Shirazie

[sosuperawesome]

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Ioanna Tsatsou, tr. by Jean Demos, from The Collected Poems of I. T.; “Root,”

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“And I knew it. That’s the worst part: I knew it.”

— Marguerite Duras, from The North China Lover: A Novel

[zachrykdouglas]

🌙💛 An excerpt out of my new book “Muse” Link is in my bio for signed copies (at St. George, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzJa5TKFO8M/?igshid=1cxvfyvai0b5h

[emadakn]

‏وضعيني مشطاً عاجيًا.. في عتمة شعركِ وانسيني

and place me like an ivory comb…

in the darkness of your hair… then forget me

Nizar Qabbani