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1 " What I like about the trees is their serenity. They're not a generation in a hurry. "
― Bhuwan Thapaliya , Safa Tempo: Poems New and Selected
2 " My silence inspires me to find my own voice. "
3 " I alwaysgo to sleep earlybecausethe dreamis my favoritelate nighttelevision show, a soap operathat runson the channelof my hope. "
4 " No matterhow fast you run,you cannot run awayfrom yourKARMA. "
5 " Spring is whenflowers beckonin every cornerof your heart. "
6 " It’s time for a society as a whole to share an ecologically devoted imagination and re-evaluate what aspect of our future we put the most value on. "
7 " Each time I try, I lose my aim.And the pain startsall over again.It's not an easy target.It's hopeless.But after a whileI start again. "
8 " One slip up doesn’t mean you’re now a total failure.One success doesn’t mean you’ll be superior forever.Your motto should be, “No matter whatI’ll keep stretching myself a bit more with good intentions. "
9 " Let the sunset on me.Let its crimson sweatof ferocityspill all over me.My heart is readyfor the chill of the darkness.I put my best shirt onand wait for a bridge of the light.Let the darknessrise from me,the darkness that concealsthe bruises of the light. "
10 " My arms are always open for you. Come, come on in. I am peace and my surname is humanity. "
11 " Let the sun set on me. Let its crimson sweat of ferocity spill all over me. My heart is ready for the chill of the darkness.I put my best shirt on and wait for a bride of the light "
12 " He poured himselfa glass of her thoughtstwo years after she wona scholarship to heavento pursue her PhDin life after deathand sat down besideher antique gramophonewith his sensesstraining in the dark. "
13 " They blossom wheneverand wherever they want, the little flowers of hope; our antidote to the horrors of the world. "
14 " Spring isn’t in my destiny. But I don’t complain. There are beautiful flowers which bloom even in the dead of winter. "
15 " I’ve mastered the art of silence but this doesn’t mean that their noise doesn’t infuriate me. It does but it cannot deracinate my peace of mind now. To be exact, I still have an active volcano within me but now I can easily neutralize it too and sit all alone for hours, gazing up at the clouds of ashes floating past the moon, listening to the chirping of night birds. "
16 " Every day you spendcursing your fate isanother day you loseyour faith in yourself. "
17 " If you don't speak the language of love,you hear the world lessand yourself more.And in your stubbornness,you fail to comprehendthe beauty of this world. "
18 " There are many paths to peace but every path begins from you. "
