Shatteredinks-blog - Faani

cannot sleep too busy thinking of scenarios

The heart of the one you turn too, is in the hands of the one you turn away from.

who are you when you are not watching tv or movies? when you aren't playing video games or reading a book or fanfiction or listening to music or whatever other kind of media that you engage with? who are you when your mind isn't in another world or story, when you are forced to sit with yourself and the only experience you have is your own sensorial life? can you define yourself outside of what you consume? who is that person? do you like them? can you bear it? can you bear it?

Be excessive, be obsessive about what you truly want. There is no other option but getting what you want. You will work harder than you could imagine, there will be sleepless nights and probably you won't even have time to eat. But don't stop. Yes, for a long time it will be CHAOS, confusion. But let me tell you, THE SATISFACTION you have from the hard work, there is no better feeling than achieving your goal through hard work. And then, THE REGRET you'll have for not doing it will eat you alive. YOUR CHOICE

For @orangesara

Constantly reading the Quran and pondering on the words of Allah would give your heart the peace it needs, because it's a message from Allah to you.

Read the Quran as much as you can, day and night, get closer to Allah.

Henry Miller in a letter to Anaïs Nin, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin Henry Miller, 1932-1953

Kaveh Akbar, from Calling A Wolf A Wolf: Poems; “Heritage”