Mansurmjr

@itsyourblackrose Oh wow. Each one of them felt like.. I cant ruly name it. That Murakami one especially it’s like walking out of a storm soaked to the bone, not even sure how you made it, but knowing deep down you’re different now. Changed. Sharper in some places, softer in others. And that Cheryl Strayed one? That’s truth with steel edges. Life may not hand us a winning deck, but we still get to choose how we play and sometimes that’s where all the strength lives. But that last one, you really hit me with that. That kind of quiet impact? It’s rare. And being told I’ve made that kind of space in your life? That’s not something I take lightly. Thank you, truly.
            And yeah, I keep those lines. Some I scribble down in random notebooks, others just live quietly in the back of my mind until they’re needed. like anchors for when things get loud.

@itsyourblackrose Honestly, the Rilke one always hits me in that quiet part of the soul too, the part that’s just trying to hold it together some days. It reminds me it’s okay to feel everything, even the messy stuff. And hearing that it gave you something ? That means more than I can explain. You know sometime is funny how words from someone long gone can still speak so directly to us now. Maybe that’s the magic of it.

And you're right—some connections really don’t need a physical meet-up to feel real. Some people just get you, and you’ve been one of those rare ones who just gets it. That matters. A lot.
            I do have a few quotes that live rent-free in my mind when the world gets loud. One of them is from Haruki Murakami:
            "And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through… But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in."
            It’s haunting and true. Sometimes we’re not meant to escape unshaken—we're meant to be transformed.
            Another one that sticks with me is from Cheryl Strayed:
            "You don't have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you're holding."
            It reminds me that even in the chaos, there's power in owning our journey.
            And a softer one…
            "Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them."
            No author tied to that one—but yeah, that one kind of speaks for itself. Maybe because it fits certain people… people like you.
            
            What about you—when you read something that really hits, do you write it down somewhere? Or just hold it quietly until the moment it’s needed?