“People Say I Love You All The Time - When They Say, ‘take An Umbrella, It’s Raining,’ Or ‘hurry

"If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself."

—Nikita Gill

“It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.”

— E.M. Forster 

“If we’re going to talk, then let’s talk. Forget about what is polite or proper and delve right into what is sincere and honest. Lead me down through the labyrinth of your true, spectacular self. I am not interested in pleasantries. If you want a conversation, then let’s get lost.”

— Beau Taplin 

“Just because you don’t say much doesn’t mean people don’t notice you. It’s actually the quiet ones who often draw the most attention. There’s this constant whirlwind of motion and sound all around, and then there’s the quiet one, the eye of the storm.”

— Amy Efaw

As summer nears, some of the last representatives of Anatolian nomads have started their historical journey to cooler climates.

إنني أسألُ مليون سؤال

وبعينيك أرى صمتَ الحجر

I ask a million questions

But see in your eyes only the silence of stones.

- Mahmoud Darwish

Palestinians inspect the damage of their destroyed homes following attacks from Israel. Beit Hanoun, Gaza, Palestine.   Photograph: Khalil Hamra

“I wish you’d find the exit out of my head.”

— Virginia Woolf 

“I’m not much, but I’m all I have.”

— Philip K. Dick