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Chicago | Philosopher | Poet

[muhtesemz]

I loved you in a way I wished someone would love me.

- Mahmoud Darwish

I did not love you only as a person, but I loved you as a homeland, I did not want to belong to someone else.

- Nizar Qabbani

[muhtesemz]

The waves won’t stop when you leave.

[feral-ballad]

Aria Aber, from Hard Damage; “Stone”

[muhtesemz]

There’s a documentary - during the siege of Sarajevo, rich people paid to ‘hunt’ humans for pleasure! Unbelievable!

[megairea]

She is your last and true and only love, he thought, and that’s not evil. It is only unfortunate.

Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and into the Trees, 1950

[werenotreallystrangers]

clarity can feel like grief

[sentimentalbeing2001]

The lily in the valley will wither. The flowers in the forest will decay. But this friendship will last forever, when all other things fade away.

March 4, 1885.

From a beautiful notebook I bought in the flea

[shisasan]

Anaïs Nin, Henry and June [originally published 1986]

[zb]

by Christian Young

[muhtesemz]

Glenfinnan

[muhtesemz]

University of Glasgow, Part II.

Visited this beautiful university campus in the perfect time. Around 8 pm, golden hour and giving real Hogwarts vibe.

[muhtesemz]

Yes insecure and demoralizing

Yeah a few. Just assumed they are losers and moved on. One way is to keep interaction minimum. No need to face them, as that might affect your grades, and no need to pay heed to their words as they’re losers.

[muhtesemz]

Ever encountered a jealous professor? If yes, how did you save yourself and your semester?

What do you mean by jealous? Insecure?

[muhtesemz]

This beautiful rain here after so so long!

[muhtesemz]

University of Glasgow, Scotland.

[historyontheorientexpress]

Amirelai Ali Ruşen Bey, the Albanian commander of the Jerusalem garrison and head of the Fourth Army Commissariat (Manzil), Jerusalem, 1915. Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut.

[theveiledlife-blog]

“There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults.”

— Shams Tabrizi