Ifrah Akhtar

“So it’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive forces don’t stop people expressing themselves but rather force them to express themselves; What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, and ever rarer, thing that might be worth saying.”
― Gilles Deleuze, Negotiations 1972-1990

“The desires of this world are like sea water. The more you drink of them, the more you thirst.”
― Ibn Arabi

“Today, girls,' said Miss Renshaw, 'we shall go out into the beautiful Gardens and think about death.”
― Ursula Dubosarsky, The Golden Day

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”
― Rumi