Some day this pain will be useful to you. - Elif Şafak

Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven as they are both present inside this very moment. Why worry so much about the aftermath, an imaginary future, when this very moment is the only time we can truly and fully experience the presence and absence of God in our lives? Motivated by neither the fear of punishment nor the desire to be rewarded in heaven, Sufis love God simply because they love him.

But let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and eventually they die

مع الزمن يتحول الألم إلى حزن، ويتحول الحزن إلى صمت، ويتحول الصمت إلى وحدة ضخمة وشاسعة كالمحيطات المظلمة.