Nour Jafarawi > Nour's Quotes

“Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of bullshit.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”
― Pema Chödrön

“My mom says that when it rains you never feel like you should be anywhere but home.”
― Elise Broach, Shakespeare's Secret

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”
― Bob Marley

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“فلسطين ، كلما أغفو توقظني وتقض مضجعي”
― امتياز النحال, أوجاع الروح

“ما أسهل أن نتذكر الأحداث المؤلمة في حياتنا وكأنها تقف على طرف الذاكرة .. إذا استدعيناها .. آتتنا راكضة ..”
― امتياز النحال زعرب, أوجاع الروح

“التناقض الاجتماعي كامن في اعماق الشاب العربي ،فهو يقلد الشاب الغربي في أفانين الغرام ،ولكنه في الزواج يريد تقليد أبيه وأعمامه وأخواله . إنه في غرامياته (دون جوان) وفي زواجه (حاج عليوي”
― علي الوردي

“وبي أمل يأتى ويذهب لكن لن أودعه”
― محمود درويش

“أن النساء يفكرن بالمعنى الخفي للأسئلة أكثر من تفكيرهن بالأسئلة ذاتها”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

“المغلوب مولع دائماً بتقليد الغالب .”
― ابن خلدون

“إضاعة الوقت أشد من الموت ، لأن إضاعة الوقت تقطعك عن الله والدار الآخرة ،والموت يقطعك عن الدنيا وأهلها”
― ابن قيم الجوزية, الفوائد

“علمتني الحياة أن علينا أن نحب الناس بالطريقة التي يحبون أن نحبهم بها”
― مريد البرغوثي, رأيت رام الله

“اللهم اشغلنى بك عمن سواك ،اشغلنى بك انت يا إلهى يا واحد يا أحد يا فرد يا صمد ،خذنى من عالم الصوره ،اشغلنى بك عن الأغيار كلها ،أشغلنى بك ،أوقفني في حضرتك ،إصبغنى بسكينتك ،ألبسنى أرديه محبتك ،أرزقنى الشهاده فيك والحب فيك والرضا بك والموده لك وثبت الأقدام يا الله ،أقدام الموحدين”
― زينب الغزالي, أيام من حياتي

“لا يكفي إحقاق الحق بالعدل، و إنما يجب أن يكون ذلك على مرأى من الناس”
― Alberto Manguel, Into the Looking-Glass Wood: Essays on Books, Reading, and the World

“أخي صارَ ملاكاً. و أنـا.. سأكون شيطاناً، هذا لا ريب فيه.
الصغار إذا ماتوا يصيرون ملائكة و الكبار شياطين.

لقد فاتني أن أكون ملاكاً”
― محمد شكري, الخبز الحافي

“والله لم نحارب الآن نقول أننا حاربنا, وإن فلسطين ضاعت لأن الدول العربية خانتنا. هذا غير صحيح, فلسطين ضاعت لأننا لم نحارب. كنا كالمجاذيب نحمل بنادقنا وننتظرهم في قرانا, وعندما يأتون بآلياتهم ورشاشاتهم الثقيلة وطائراتهم, ننهزم دون قتال”
― إلياس خوري, باب الشمس

“قد يُحب الشاعر عشرة نساء ، ولكنهُ لن يكتب إلا في واحدةٍ منهنَّ.. تلك الواحدة هي من علمتُه كيف يكتبُ قصيدة .. كيف يخلقُ نصًا يحتويها !”
― محمد السالم