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Of Endeavours Blue

Zubair Ahsan

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The Moth and Its Beloved Ask the moth the beauty of the candle And it will burn without a confession There is a secret to its longing For it feels no fear or hesitation The moth is too much in love with the flame Yet it does not appear under the sun For the moon’s light is far too feeble, and It gave up on its pursuit of the sun Just a sight of a candle is enough To remind it of its real beloved So it settles for that candle in reach, Revels in its heat, and asks to be burned”

“I know surely you’re thinking of me, for I am strange, and you’re kind to the stranger”

“The more I loved you the more I found me”

“But what good are scars if they do not ache? And what good are eyes if they do not weep? What good is desire if it does not hurt? What good is a passion if it stays ‘sleep?”

“What agenda does this universe have? What game is it I am oblivious to?”

“These fragments, these shivers of my heart Are mere lifetimes enclosed in a minute”

“Listen well, as I speak of my upsurge; For I’m a lover, without a lover I am a flame, without a combustion I am a novice, without a mentor I am a healer, without a wounded I am a winner, without a trophy I’m a captain, without a devotee And above all, I’m alone – not lonely”

“If your heart begins to carry burdens And you begin to feel your soul benight For you, perhaps, you may become heavy For me, my love, you will ever be light”

“Sage of old held desire as suffering But suffering is desire as known to me”

“Often it’s hard to differ pain and joy, Some give up on differentiating”

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