February 2012
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“And Allah said: I am with the ones whose hearts are torn.”
– Hadith Qudsi
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So, I was walking home from school today, and I saw this tree, more wide than tall, crooked, with its branches splayed upwards and out. I’ve walked home before, but I don’t think I’ve ever really noticed that tree. Maybe it was because it was a bit windy, so it swayed, or maybe because I was actually noticing things for once, but it dawned on me that it was one of the most...
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“Study this world. The most beautiful things have always come out of struggle....”
– Yasmin Mogahed (via mendmyheart)
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farhaaan:
I love Syrians and their courage. They are still fighting for their freedom, even after so many of them have been killed. Women and children are still joining in the protests, even after so many of them have been killed.
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It kills me that I can’t do anything to help the situation in Syria. All we can do is pray. Oh, Allah, protect your people, take them to their freedom. Ameen.
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I found out today that I didn’t get into the Plan II Honors program at UT. And even though I got into the other honors program, I still feel pretty insignificant. Hell, I didn’t even try to put effort into the other honors application, and I still got in, but the program I wanted so badly rejects me, despite the “quality of [my] application.” I feel like no matter how...
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“You have had many sadnesses, large ones, which passed. And you say that even...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, from Letters to a Young Poet, translated by S. Mitchell (via growing-orbits)
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This week the yearbook will be done
And there will be one less thing to stress over. People say senior year is easy, as long as you’re wise about it, but I’m obviously a pretty stupid person. Double AP Calculus, and AP Lit Comp as well as the AP Economics class whose teacher is ridiculously crappy. I guess it’s nice to stay busy, but I miss doing things like reading and writing and until recently, blogging. And I...
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topographe:
Frank Ocean - Pyrite (Pdex Remix)
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“وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن...”
– Qur’an 31:27
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I will get through Crime and Punishment.
Only for you, Dostoevsky.
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“To all the women in Pakistan working for your dreams, this is for you.”
– The talented and trenchant Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy accepting the Oscar for best short documentary tonight, the first Pakistani ever to win.
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“At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...”
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via claerwen)
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kissedmequiteinsane:
A moment of silence because Harry Potter has gone ten years without an Oscar.
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farhaaan:
“I love you without knowing how, or...
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“Islam is not a state of being but it is a process of becoming.”
– Yusuf Islam (via thebeautyofislam)
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“If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via chatoyance)
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manalsmusings:
I can’t accept the fact that after a blink of a life, we’re done forever. I can’t accept the fact that my existence is just a freak accident, every moment leading up to now one lucky roll of the die after another. I can’t accept the fact that we can give credit for paintings to people that we don’t know existed, yet we can’t credit the Creator whose signature lies in the stars at...
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Contentment (Riḍā), by Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad →
I was watching this again the other day, and he said things that really struck home. We are such agitated human beings. It is easier to find faults in others and our society than it is to find peace within ourselves. We are constantly judging, and it has come to a point where it is innate—we don’t even realize we’re doing it, but as soon as we look at someone, we have...
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The 10 Types of Writers' Block (and How to... →
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العالم يحترق في عيونك وقلبك بدأ كل شيء العالم...
nonchalante:
The world is burning in your eyes & your heart started it all.
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““I love October,” she said, looking away from the street. “Don’t you love...”
– Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year (via bookoasis)
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“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via arkoftheache)
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lightglobes:
If something is polluting your happiness, why the fuck haven’t you removed it from your life yet? Seriously. Complaining does nothing. Stop wasting time and take some responsibility. Empower yourself. If you don’t like something and it can be changed, go ahead and change it. Switching jobs, moving on from a toxic group of friends, or expressing yourself freely can take a smudge of...
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“By God,
were I given all the seven heavens
with all they contain
in order...”
– Imam Ali (as) (Sermon 224)