“Have You Ever Been In Love? Horrible Isn’t It? It Makes You So Vulnerable. It Opens Your Chest And

“How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone.”

— Kurt Tucholsky

“Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?”

— Elizabeth Scott 

“I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

This photograph was taken during the first Intifada (1987-1993), it shows a Palestinian boy shot in the heart by Israeli occupation forces. Most of the Palestinians killed during the Intifada were either shot in the heart or the head. via Younes Arar.

Edit: This is a still from ‘Kingdom of Ants’, still a very accurate depiction of reality.

"I disappeared into books when I was very young, disappeared into them like someone running into the woods."

—Rebecca Solnit

“Two souls growing together with appreciation for each other. That’s the most beautiful kind of love.”

— Juansen Dizon

“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.” - The Picture of Dorian Gray, O. Wilde

أعود ..

لأنّها كفني . أعود

لأنّها بدني

أعود لأنها وطني

I return..

Because she is my shroud. I return

Because she is my body.

I return because she is my nation.

- Mahmoud Darwish

“Please do not mistake sensitivity for weakness.”

— Anaïs Nin 

“If we’re going to talk, then let’s talk. Forget about what is polite or proper and delve right into what is sincere and honest. Lead me down through the labyrinth of your true, spectacular self. I am not interested in pleasantries. If you want a conversation, then let’s get lost.”

— Beau Taplin