There is purpose for everyone you meet. Some people come into your life to test you, some to teach you, some to use you, and some to bring out the very best in you.
“Then strive together (as in a race) towards all that is good.” [2:148]
I luxuriated in books. Books were my refuge.
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
“And whoever is mindful of Allah, He will make a way out for them,”
{65:2}
and the provision of your Lord is much better and more enduring.” {20:131}
“Give the gift of your absence to those who do not appreciate your presence.”
— Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
“I’m not open with many people. I’m usually very quiet and I don’t really like attention. So if I like you enough to show you the real me, you must be very special.”
— Unknown
“Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars.”
— Nico Lang
As you get older, you start to pay more attention to people‘s mindset rather than their looks.
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Alanis Morissette, Sorry to Myself/Haruki Murakami,1084
Fyodor Dostoevsky, from Selected Prose; "The Double,"