aspiringmaverick

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The ache of life has filled the wounds of separation. You also got sleep, I also found patience.

—Nasir kazmi

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I’m so surprised I can still read hindi (very slowly).

वो तितली की तरह आयी और ज़िन्दगी को बाग कर गयी,

मेरे जितने भी नापाक थे इरादे, उन्हें भी पाक कर गयी । -जाकिर खान

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zindagi se yahi gila hai mujhe tu bohot der se mila hai mujhe. humsafar chahiye, hujoom nahi ik musafir hi qaafilaa hai mujhe. tu mohabbat se koyi chaal toh chal haar jaane ka hausla hai mujhe.

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دریا، کہسار ، چاند، تارے

کیا جانیں فراق و ناصبوری

Rivers, hills, the moon and stars

What would they know of separation's indelible scars?

- Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Judaai (Separation), Baal-e-Jibreel

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Tu milya, Rabb milya

تو ملا، رب ملا

(When I found you, I found God.)

Mere sabar da mainu sabab milya

میرے سبب کا مجھے سبب ملا

(I found the reason behind my existence.)

Aaj milya, bhave kal milya

آج ملا، بھاوی کل ملا

(Whether I found you today or tomorrow, it doesn’t matter.)

Siveyan tak teri rooh nal miln da haq milya

سیویاں تک تیری روح سے ملنے کا حق ملا

(Till the graveyard, I got the right to connect with your soul.)

Tu har haneri raat da chanan banke

تو ہر اندھیری رات کا چاند بن کے

(You became the light of every dark night.)

Meri rooh vich aa ke aiwe ral milya

میری روح میں آ کے یوں ہی گھل ملا

(You merged into my soul, blending seamlessly.)

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you love their existence or their qualities, decide this and big issues will get solved

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"My favorite Urdu word is shayad. Filled with hope and hopelessness in equal measure."

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“Dunya kisi kay pyaar mein jannat say kam nahi.”

for lovers, this world is nothing short of heaven

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I don’t like myself a hundred percent. I musn’t expect another person to be exactly to my liking either!

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I just love this picture. The way mom is kissing the baby’s brain is so cute.

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Parvin Shakir

Gham-e-aashiqui tera shukriya, hm kahan kahan sy guzr gay. Sochny myn to gham-e-aashiqui ki tazleel hooni chahiye k iski wjah sy shairah ko kahan na kahan sy guzarna pra. Lekin wo iska shikriya kr rhi hyn.

Yaa to shairah ko lgta hy k inka is sb sy guzrna likha hua tha aur gham e aashiqui ny inki mada dki, yaa to ye poora tajarba inka beherhaal khushgawar rha.

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Kitna pyara shuba hy ye! Insan umeed krta hy aur phir mukurate huve khud ko rokta hy. Kya pta kitni khushi jaiz hy us py jo abhi abhi guzra.

main jise pyar ka andaz samajh baiTha hun // wo tabassum wo takallum teri aadat hi na ho

ساحر لدھیانوی

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Lazzatun sy lazzat na paana, is myn ek alag qism ka skoon hy, lekin ek alag qism ki wehshat b hy. Zindagi guzarna baqiyon ki trah na-mumkin sa ho jata hy.

Parveen Shakir is the finest poetess in the history of urdu literature:

“ye dukh nahi ke andheron se sulah ki humne, malal yeh hai ke ab subha ki talab bhi nahi.”

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Ishq myn akal ka koi kaam hi kahan?

“Ishq naazuq mizaaj hai bay hadd // aqal ka boj utha nahi sakta”

love is so incredibly fragile, it cannot bear the weight of intellect.

- Akbar Allahabadi

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Why can’t my science professors philosophize like this? Anyways, girl I just graduado!

cell bio professor closed out today's lecture on free-radical oxidation in mitochondria and programmed cell death by saying "you've probably all seen those commercials for fruit juice that says it's got antioxidants, which are said to prevent this sort of thing from happening, or at least slow it down. well, they don't work. this is an inevitable fact of life— this process that lets us live is also the thing that kills us, and it's why all of us will die someday. there's no escaping that. it's been with us since the dawn of eukaryotic cells; our pact with mitochondria is to the death. anyway, enjoy the rest of your friday, and remember, exam four is next week!"

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I’m literally so excited to shadow this next doctor. She specializes in addiction medicine, which is a topic that’s been interesting me for a long time and will most likely continue to do so.

This will be my third shadowing after family medicine and endocrinology. I remember the first doc for her kind education and the second one for her introverted expertise.