slow life quotes
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What if you are not meant to make it? — Sadia Hakim
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3 min read
You worry about the wrong partner, but maybe marriage isn’t even in your destiny… maybe your soul will be called back before that time.
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If I am visible, why don’t they see me?
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1 min read
If I am visible, why do they treat me like a ghost? And if I am invisible, then why does this mirror reflect the light scattered by my silhouette? Even a mirror acknowledges my presence but people won’t. — Sadia Hakim // Letters Unsent Read, I am a black butterfly poem, here.
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Love harbors the heavens and gates the hells. It bends time and scatters destinies like the wind with autumn leaves. Arabic poetry by Sadia Hakim
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The osteons in me are tired; my marrow cries
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1 min read
I carry this life on my shoulders; even my osteons are tired now. The osteons in me are tired; the marrow in me cries. cosmapoetica series
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Nothing scarier than being the same — quote bites
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1 min read
There’s nothing scarier than standing at a place where you were years ago — mentally, emotionally, or spiritually. There’s nothing more frightening than being the same. — Sadia Hakim
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Have you seen men in love? Have you seen women in love? Have you seen people in love? Have you seen humans in love? Love does something to their EXISTENCE.
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Love a man, and you will see the weight he carries—silent battles, unseen grief, and a heart that longs to be understood.
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A civilization crumbling without a cry — life poetry
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2 min read
History has never recorded a silent collapse. Every fallen empire, every ruined kingdom, every lost civilization left behind echoes of its own destruction—cries of war, screams of rebellion, whispers of resistance. But this? This is different. We are watching our world crumble, and yet, there is no uproar. No defiance. No collective grief. Just quiet…
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The most non-human and disgusting thing about humans is having a heart that doesn’t feel, see, hear, or understand. And neither does it try.
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People, people, people, an ocean of people
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1 min read
People, people, people, an ocean of people, but I can’t find even a drop of humanity. quote bites from sadia hakim’s poetry journal