“أهدى إليها ورداً في إحدى المناسبات، وبعد ساعات … دق جرس التليفون وسمع صوتاً يقول: أشكرك … لقد أسعدتني !ليس هذا صوتها … إنه صوت الورد !!”

“Just please understand that everyone is going through a rough time as well. Even if they are hiding behind money or a simple smile. We are all continuously stumbling as we go about our lives. If we had perfect lives we’d all be perfect people. Only thing we can learn to do is endure or we will not be happy and happiness is the closest thing to perfect.”

“I hear the fear and hope fighting in my voice.”

“I am not a finished poem, and I am not the song you’ve turned me into. I am a detached human being, making my way in a world that is constantly trying to push me aside, and you who send me letters and emails and beautiful gifts wouldn’t even recognise me if you saw me walking down the street where I live tomorrowfor I am not a poem. I am tired and worn out and the eyes you would see would not be painted or inspiredbut empty and weary from drinking too much at all timesand I am not the life of your party who sings and has glorious words to speakfor I don’t speak muchat alland my voice is raspy and unsteady from unhealthy living and not much sleep and I only use it when I sing and I always sing too muchor not at alland never when people are around because they expect poems and symphonies and I am nota poembut an elegyat my bestbut unedited and uncut and not a lot of people want to work with me because there’s only so much you can do with an audio take, with the plug-ins and EQs and I was born distorted, disordered, and I’m pretty fine with that,but others are not.”

“After you hear and listen. First must come desire. Second must come willingness.Third should come understanding.Fourth should come progression and with progression will come more understanding.”

“Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations – they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.”

“Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.”

“I choose many voices to consider and reckon with, rather than just one to tolerate.”

“Even though I walk with Buddha, I have never heard him speak, but I know his wisdom as if I could hear his voice inside my ears.”

“Our challenge as adults is to develop a strong voice that is uniquely our own, a voice that reflects our deepest values and convictions. Once we are comfortable within that voice, we can bring it to our most important relationships. We can choose to move to the center of a difficult conversation–or we can let it go. We can speak–or decide not to. Whatever we choose, we can head back to the sandbox with clarity, wisdom, and intention. By doing so, we can strengthen the self and our connections, and have the best chance of achieving happiness during our time with each other.”

“Only those who show up have a right to speak up.”

“If I am to be the quote of conscience, and the voice of reason, then you will need to be the ears of humanity with which you will listen to the wisdom of what is said.”

“أنصِتْ ، كيف أنّ الأصوات الصافية تنشد الوجع و البهجة !”

“Love is a silence Love has no voice Love has no lyrics It’s a feelingFeel it! It is namelessLet it remain as nameless love Don’t touch it by giving it a name…”