Three life lessons: 1.No one will see you. 2.No one will say anything. 3.No one will save you.

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

The world will knock you down plenty. You don't need to be doing it to yourself.

The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb.

Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?

Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.

I do not fall. I fell so hard so long ago there is nothing left for me to land on. I just keep falling and falling and falling.

Anger can try to break your heart, but sorrow is what will. What can. What does.

I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.

I don't eat bread.' Is she pouting? It's hard to tell. She's had a lot of chemicals injected into her face.

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?

Straight tribulation is easier to bear than tribulation which advertises itself as pleasure.

My mother was an activist so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.

Piety's hard enough to take among the poor who have to practice it. A rich man's piety stinks. It's insufferable.

Deep down, we remain human, very human and have all the desires to love and be loved by one person.

I'm going to prove the haters and doubters wrong. I like when the doubters try to say that I'm (not still) elite or that I'm too old. I'll use that.

You don't have to feel like a waste of space, your original can not be replaced

If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching the gospel at all.

If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall.