“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.”
タグ: life-lessons, life

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Пустинните бурени оцеляват, а пролетното цвете разцъфва и повяхва.
タグ: philosophy
I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work. It's astonishing how many people remain shackled for years, decades even, in a protracted and mutual state of self-delusion and false hope when in fact they had their answer in those first two weeks.
タグ: marriage, life
In the coming days and weeks, Laila would scramble frantically to commit it all to memory, what happened next. Like an art lover running out of a burning museum, she would grab whatever she could--a look, a whisper, a moan--to salvage from perishing to preserve. But time is the most unforgiving of fires, and she couldn't, in the end, save it all.
タグ: time, love
She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that it doesn't matter. Mariam is never very far.... Mariam is in her own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.
タグ: within, wisdom, peace, comfort
Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.
タグ: writing, weaving, truth, plot, on-fiction, novels, lies, fiction, deception, books, art
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