Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to life, old ones need to wither away. - Elif Şafak

Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That's the hardest part and that's what you are responsible for. Once you take that step let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.

إِنّ الله ميقاتيٌّ دقيق. إِنه دقيقٌ إلى أَن ترتيبه وتنظيمه يجعلان كلَّ شيءٍ على وجهِ الأرض يتمُّ في حينهِ, لا قبل دقيقة ولا بعد دقيقة. والساعة تمشي بدقَّة شديدة بالنسبة للجميع بلا استثناء. فلكل شخص وقتٌ للحب ووقتٌ للموت.

She had never told her friends this, not in so many words, but they were her safety net. Every time she stumbled or keeled over, they were there for her, supporting her or softening the impact of the fall. On nights when she was mistreated by a client, she would still find the strength to hold herself up, knowing that her friends, with their very presence, would come with ointment for her scrapes and bruises; and on days when she wallowed in self-pity, her chest cracking open, they would gently pull her up and breathe life into her lungs.