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““The best thing a father can do for his children is love their mother.””

— Shaykh Dr. ‘Umar Farūq ‘Abd-Allāh

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Sis, you‘re somebodys prayer. You better not beg for love.

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That's the thing about people who haven't been loved much..They think about every kind gesture, a slightest touch of fingers, kind smiles, random acts of love, intimacy in every small thing done. They find that love wherever they can cause it was never given to them freely. They don't ask for love, they search for it everywhere.

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If you must die, I'll envy the earth

That wraps around your body.

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the smell of old books

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“She stabbed the backs of those who tried to embrace her. They could never hug her long enough for her to let them in.”

— Noor Shirazie

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“I am a mere bystander in your frantic tug-of-war. You reach for better circumstances, but this life is trained to make you hurt. Reach harder, love. I try desperately to hold your hand through it all, but you are too far from me now, too far from me to recover together. Do it on your own, and do it wholeheartedly. I am here, watching you rise from ashes that have coated your spirit for far too long. It is time for you to come alive, even if I cannot be with you when you are whole again.”

— Noor Shirazie, Into the Wildfire: Battle Scars

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“You never fixed me when I was broken, yet you still sat with me while I pushed my monsters back into the dark. I never needed someone to cover the bruises, only someone willing to stay long enough to watch them heal. You were that someone. You still are. You always will be.”

— Noor Shirazie, Into the Wildfire: Battle Scars

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“I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.”

— Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait In Letters

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“Run as fast as you can. I will try to relieve you of your monsters for a while. They snap at your heels with such ferociousness, ready to devour your naivety. I shall protect your innocence for as long as possible while you make the most of your precious headstart. Run, run now. It will break my heart if you dare look back. Don’t ever look back.”

— Noor Shirazie

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“‘And so I decided to stay.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because looking at her eradicated the option of leaving.’”

— Noor Shirazie

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✨ first page of my art journal ✨