Salonee

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi

“Things, once gone, can’t be put back; he knew that now. A punch, once delivered, can’t be withdrawn. Words, once spoken, can’t be unsaid. We may go on as if nothing has been lost, nothing done, nothing said; we may claim to forget it all; but our innermost core doesn’t forget, because we have been changed for ever.”
― Julian Barnes

“Daring to ‘know thyself’ means daring to ‘destroy thyself’. First, we must pull ourselves apart. Then, with the same pieces, we will assemble a new Self.”
― Elif Shafak

“We’re all just looking for a place of safety. And if you don’t find one, then you have to learn how to pass the time.”
― Julian Barnes, The Only Story