Yahia Lababidi Quotes

“A good listener is one who helps us overhear ourselves.”

“The thoughts we choose to act upon define us to others, the ones we do not define us to ourselves.”

“Impulses we attempt to strangle only develop stronger muscles.”

“One restless dawn, unable to suppress the itch
of wanderlust, with a heavy door left ajar
semi-deliberately, and a new light teasing in Some piece of immobility will finally quit
suddenly nimble on wooden limbs
as fast as a horse, fleeing the stable.”

“Ambiguity: the bastard child of creativity and cowardice.”

“Pleasure may be snatched from life’s clenched fists, not joy”

“With enigmatic clarity, Life gives us a different answer each time we ask her the same question.”

“One definition of success might be refining our appetites, while deepening our hunger.”

“I buried your face, someplace
by the side of the new road
so I would not trip over it
every morning or on evening strolls still, I am helplessly drawn
to the scene of this crime
for fear of forgetting
the sum of your splendor then there’s also the rain
that loosens the soil
to reveal a bewitching feature
awash with emotion an eye, perhaps tender or
a pale, becalmed cheek
a mouth tight with reproach or
lips pursed in a deathless smile other times you are inscrutable
worse, is when I seem to lose you
and pick at the earth like a scab
frantic, and faithful, like a dog.”

“Like cars in an amusement park, our direction is often determined through collisions.”

“Temptation: seeds we are forbidden to water, that are showered with rain.”

“To maintain immaculate speech, often times silence is required.”

“To hurry pain is to leave a classroom still in session.”

“Take two opposites, connect the dots, and you have a straight line.”

“Aphorisms respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, but briefly.”

“Hope is more patient than despair and so outlasts it.”

“The personal made universal is art’s truth.”

“To prolong pain is to miss the next lesson.”

“Miracles are proud creatures; they will not reveal themselves to those who do not Believe.”

“Truth can be like a large, bothersome fly – brush it away and it returns buzzing.”

“you are beautiful in your own way”