Time is just an illusion. What you need is to live this very moment. That is all that matters.

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

The child had indeed shut up but all the questions that had accumulated on his tongue circulated in his mouth, moved through the passages of his nose and climbed up from there to tickle into his teardrop ducts, so in his moss green pupils, curious, insistent, accusing sparks of questions continued to light up and fade away like fireflies flitting about on summer nights.

Even a speck of love should not go unappreciated, because, as Rumi said, love is the water of life.

We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture.

perhaps it took a stranger to make a woman like her speak her mind.

Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely. But eventually it is best to find a person, the person who will be your mirror. Remember, only in another person's heart can you truly see yourself and the presence of God within you.