“
she is the noor of my eyes and the sultan of my heart.
”
”
Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns)
“
And when your soul, the flame, the spark, meets with the divine fuel that is so pure and so strong, it results in immense enlightenment: the enlightenment of God. Light upon light, Noorun Alaa Noor.
”
”
Zain Hashmi (A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories)
“
yesterday — i was the moon
today — just an eclipse
something in me travels; some days it’s to the dark
some days it’s to the light
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
If flowers can teach themselves how to bloom after winter passes, so can you.
”
”
Noor Shirazie
“
in pieces
yet at peace
i am a building
in a post war city
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Cantik itu datang daripada hati kata ayah, bukannya hanya ada pada muka. Orang ikhlas dan mulia nampak cantik!
”
”
Noor Suraya (Langsir Biji Remia)
“
You are made
out of comets
and stars.
Do not surround
yourself with those
that treat you like
dirt and dust.
”
”
Noor Shirazie
“
i want stars, strength, and balance in my soul
it's been a while since they were last together in me
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Benang perak, benang baldu,
Mari menekat atas paya;
Pandang awak, hati rindu.
Mari dekat pandang saya.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Gadisku Wan Adnin)
“
Di sana dia sedar, cinta kepada Allah tiada tolok bandingnya. Allah tidak pernah tinggalkan kita biar waktu kita senang dan susah.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Langsir Biji Remia)
“
the kind people
are running this world
they don't know how
their one little smile
has saved many lives
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
like the anger of fire
shapes metal
like the sorrow of a writer
creates poetry
everything that is beautiful
doesn't always start beautifully
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was The Moon (Lead Title))
“
i share a legacy
with the sky
we both know how to carry
some unanswered prayers
and some unshed tears
{the sky & i}
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Some seek
solace in
whiskey,
I drown my
sorrows
in ink.
”
”
Noor Shirazie
“
nothing teaches better than this trio
the fears, the tears, the years
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
isn't it
breathtakingly beautiful
how you've learned
to grow flowers
from the memories
that died
a long time ago
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
I will tell a thrilling tale of intrigue,” said Queen Noor. “So thrilling that you might think yourself to be in the presence of a fine, traveling storyteller.
”
”
Karen Gammons (Shadow Man (Prince Andy and the Misfits, #1))
“
Odd, some might think. Why someone would need to travel so far to find oneself. Surely a look in the mirror would suffice, and wouldn’t that be cheaper too? But the mirror lies, and the eyes that do the looking conspire too.
”
”
Farish A. Noor
“
i carry
the stories
the sadness
the victories
of people before me
i'm both a monument
and a future skyscraper
rising from the same skeleton
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
you’re the moon
and the world is
a lonely wolf; it cries
at the sight of you
for you are glorious
and so out of reach
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Everything that is beautiful doesn't always start beautifully.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Apabila Alang bertanya bagaimana untuk mengubat hati tadi, secara berbisik Aqmar menjawab... ubat hati ada lima caranya. Bunyinya macam senang aja, baca Al-Qur'an dengan memahami maknanya sekali. Selain itu mendirikan solat malam dan berkawan dengan orang soleh. Yang keempat dan kelima ialah puasa dan zikir yang berpanjangan.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Surat Ungu untuk Nuha)
“
Dreams live as long as the dreamers do.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
you remind me of my favorite metropolis
sparkling, loud yet hauntingly sad when
the light goes out
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
The day
you tame her
is the day
you tame the
entire ocean.
”
”
Noor Shirazie
“
I am fighting my losses, my trauma, and everything bringing ache because I don't want to look in the mirror and see a tragedy staring back.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
I've got lots and lots and lots to tell you." He sounded excited. "I have friends. Ben's a wolf and Tally brought Noor to play, too. I'm going to marry Noor one day. And Ben's gonna mate with Marlee even if she is bigger than he is.
”
”
Nalini Singh (Hostage to Pleasure (Psy-Changeling, #5))
“
people leave
because
unlike matter
that has firm, solid, strong
molecules
people are made up of
air, fire, earth and water
that change shapes
that keep moving
that cannot stop
and let them be
the things they want
the shapes they like
because
in the end
you too will grow
into something
entirely new
so let them go
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Aku ingin tidur
Melupakan langit siang
Yang selalu menerbitkan kegelisahan
Aku ingin menghindar dari dingin malam
Dari ngungun bulan yang melenakan
”
”
Acep Zamzam Noor (Tulisan Pada Tembok: Antologi Sajak)
“
And there will be someone that comes along one day and offers you an entire galaxy when you only expected a single planet
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
Lidah memanglah tidak bertulang, tapi janji tetap janji kan!
”
”
Noor Suraya (Langsir Biji Remia)
“
Exit is a letter away from Exist.
A part, just a space away from Apart.
”
”
Noor Iskandar
“
do not worry
about people
they're wearing the same flesh
breathing the same chemicals
walking on the same solid earth as you
so why should it matter
when you are them and they are you
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Kata emak, Junjungan kita berpesan lebih kurangnya begini; kalau kita berkawan dengan tukang besi kita terasa panas percikan apinya, dan kalau kita berkawan dengan penjual minyak wangikita juga terlekat harum wanginya. Sebab itu mestilah hati-hati memilih kawan.
”
”
Noor Suraya
“
men judge us
by our broad hips
and forget
their birthplace.
”
”
Noor Shirazie
“
You existence
reminded me
of sunsets and ocean waves
yet
you still wonder
what it took
for me to fall
for someone like
you
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
I saw a man on a bridge about to jump. I said, ‘Don’t do it!’ He said, ‘Nobody loves me.’ I said, ‘God loves you. Do you believe in God?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘Are you a Muslim or a non-Muslim?’ He said, ‘A Muslim.’ I said, ‘Shia or Sunni?’ He said, ‘Sunni.’ I said, ‘Me too! Deobandi or Barelvi?’ He said, ‘Barelvi.’ I said, ‘Me too! Tanzeehi or Tafkeeri?’ He said, ‘Tanzeehi.’ I said, ‘Me too! Tanzeehi Azmati or Tanzeehi Farhati?’ He said, ‘Tanzeehi Farhati.’ I said, ‘Me too! Tanzeehi Farhati Jamia ul Uloom Ajmer, or Tanzeehi Farhati Jamia ul Noor Mewat?’ He said, ‘Tanzeehi Farhati Jamia ul Noor Mewat.’ I said, ‘Die, kafir!’ and I pushed him over.
”
”
Arundhati Roy (Ministry of Utmost Happiness)
“
I replay the memories like an old cassette,
one that can never be thrown away
no matter how damaged the tape becomes.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
What if female arousal is just the belief that you will not die at this mans hands?
”
”
Noor Naga (If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English)
“
Sabarnya Kak Ain yang piatu itu menghadapi semuanya sendiri. Duha ingin sekali jadi setabah Kak Ain. Allah menguji hamba yang dia pilih. Ujian Duha mengkin tidak sebesar ujian Kak Ain, tetapi ujian tetap ujian kan. Dan Allah pilih Duha, Subhanallah.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Langsir Biji Remia)
“
the most beautiful thing in this world isn’t made up of particles. it’s the strength of a person who has seen the collapse of their world, everything they held dear crashing down in a million pieces. yet every morning, they wake up and build their life, all over again. mourning their loss in a tranquil silence. i haven’t yet seen anything more astonishingly beautiful.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
It’s nobody’s fault that our hearts work in their little strange ways. It’s nobody’s fault that we fall for one another. It’s nobody’s fault that we can’t have the love we yearn. It’s nobody’s fault that we never learn. So, save your apology, my dear. Save it for later days. Save it for better days.
”
”
Noor Iskandar
“
Oh Tuhan... biarlah semua orang meninggalkan Duha, tetapi janganlah Engkau meninggalkan Duha keseorangan, ya!
”
”
Noor Suraya (Langsir Biji Remia)
“
Tell me we were more
than words on a page.
Remind me that we were as sweet
as the taste of each poem on my tongue.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
No matter how diligently I try to forget you, my hands keep opening this book to your pages.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
My playlists are cluttered
with sad songs and fractured memories,
yet I unconvincingly claim I am trying to
move on.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
Even though I outgrew you
like a shrunken sweater,
I still like to open up the closet
in the neglected corner of my room
and reminisce what fit me perfectly once upon a time.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
The universe is a brilliant writer,
it wrote your name
in my stars
before any of us existed
so when the time comes
they’ll light up your path
and lead you straight to me.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Be kind for this is something a lot of people can never be.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Don't be frightened of your own reflection. We all have bad moments in front of the mirror," says Noor. "You should probably get married. I have heard that a good husband is the only cure for bad dreams. You know why? Because then you are sleeping with you nightmare.
”
”
Mohammed Hanif (Our Lady of Alice Bhatti)
“
If only I have the guts to tell; If only you have the heart to listen.
”
”
Noor Iskandar
“
He damaged her wings and demanded her to fly.
”
”
Noor Shirazie
“
Duha bukannya pesimis kalau dilihat dari luar, tetapi dalam hatinya tiada siapa yang tahu. Hatinya dia bungkus kejap-kejap, sampai tiada siapa yang dapat menekanya.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Langsir Biji Remia)
“
The ladder of success is there waiting for you... you just have to realize it and reach towards and climb as high as you can you will surely be successful.
”
”
Noor Ahmad
“
Hai Si Jebat, berpada-padalah engkau membunuh orang beribu-ribu ini, kerana engkau pun akan mati - Laksamana Hang Tuah.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Hikayat Hang Tuah)
“
Shame on me for letting you
define all that I was,
all that I am.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
How ironic⎼
out of all the people to feel like home,
you did.
out of all the people to uproot my home,
you did.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
Question: If the beast is already in your house, does that make the wilderness safer?
”
”
Noor Naga (If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English)
“
If someone comes to you with an idea its like he is giving you a fragile glass made by himself. If the glass does not match your preference do not throw it away. Give him back otherwise it may hurt the person who made it.
”
”
Osama Bin Noor
“
I want to travel to be away from home
so that I can return, loving it as much as
it deserves to be loved.
I want to go away from home
just for returning back here
to realize everything I have ever neglected
is worth loving and
worrying for.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
I sense him in the lost crevices of my heart, abandoned alleyways which have not known the rhythm of footsteps in centuries. I see him too clearly to ever let him become a distant memory. I feel him too vividly to ever let my hand brush the hand of another.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
...if you live with your conscience and follow your instincts, you can get through with inner peace.
”
”
Noor Al Hussein
“
Tormented by remembering, tortured by forgetting—she is the master of reincarnation, dying each time her thoughts dwell upon him.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
I shudder to speak of you,
but sadly, that does not mean
I dream of you any less.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
Do not wander in the deeps,
Where the Shriker's shadow creeps.
When he rises from beneath,
Beware the Sharpness of his teeth.
”
”
Janet Lee Carey (The Beast of Noor)
“
Life is easy if you don't take it difficult
”
”
Nazali Noor
“
Nothing teaches better
than this trio
the fears, the tears, the years.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Words; they are powerlessly powerful
so use yours
well.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
[...] Rumalus on põlata austajad ära siis, kui neid on palju ja nad on noored, ning hakata neile järele jooksma kolmekümne aasta pärast, kui neid on vähe ja nad on kiilaspäised.
”
”
André Maurois (Pour Piano Seul)
“
As a minority, no sooner do you learn to polish and cherish one chip on your shoulder, it’s taken off you and swapped out for another. The jewellery of your struggles is forever on loan, like the Koh-i-Noor. You are intermittently handed this Necklace of labels to hang around your neck,
”
”
Nikesh Shukla (The Good Immigrant)
“
If only I had known how quickly the days would elapse, how small the window of time would be in which I could have told you how much you truly mean to me.
Know it now—
I love you, I love you, I love you.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
the price of leaving
is everything
you do not return to a place
but to a memory; soundless
a home becomes another house
a face becomes another name
a city becomes another geographical location
when you leave
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Kabut yang mengepungmu
Telah runtuh menjadi kata-kata
Rumah kayu hanya menyisakan dinginnya
Dan sunyi mengendap di sana
”
”
Acep Zamzam Noor (Di Atas Umbria: Sajak-Sajak 1991-1997)
“
you have a bad habit of falling at the feet of those who kick you straight to the curb.
”
”
Noor Shirazie
“
I want people to stop asking if I love this country. No. Ask if it loves me.
”
”
Noor Hindi (Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.)
“
Maybe if our fingers did not
interlock as perfectly as they used to,
if our sentences were not
completed by each other,
I would be able to forget you.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
I do not know how to forget you.
It cannot be learned, nor willed.
You are with me, for better or worse.
”
”
Noor Shirazie (Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures)
“
The lower your body gets the higher your jump will be.
”
”
Noor Alasadi
“
You get to define what is beautiful.
”
”
Nabela Noor (Beautifully Me)
“
You'll have to learn
the art of
losing, choosing, and refusing
to win what we call
the game of life.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
When i smile while looking at you it seems i like you,When i talk to you it means i want to make you friend,when i give you a gift it really means that i love u.
”
”
Rida Noor
“
Old friends are like old memories they always remind your past
”
”
Rida Noor
“
Boleh tak awak fikirkan sekali lagi?"
"Saya masih ada keluarga, Cik Anwar. Lain kali Cik Anwar, bukankah elok kalau hal begini disampaikan terus kepada orang tua. Beradat. Lagipun seorang gadis tu, tetap ada walinya.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Surat Ungu untuk Nuha)
“
It's your world, but I make my way in it. At fifteen, no, I couldn't stand up to you. The age of illusions, when we know nothing, we hope for everything; we're wandering in a mist ... And the half of the world that's never had any use for us, suddenly is besieging us. You need us, you adore us, you're suffering for us. You want everything--except to know what we think. You look deep in our eyes--and put your hand up our dress. You call us, "Pretty thing." That confuses us. The most beautiful woman, the highest ranked, lives half dazzled by constant attention, half stifled by obvious contempt. We think all we're good for is pleasing you--till one day, long acquaintance with you dispels the last mist. In a clear light, we suddenly see you as you are--and generally we start preferring ourselves. At thirty, I could finally say no--or really say yes. That's when you begin backing away from us. Now I'm full-grown. I pursue my happiness the same as any man.
”
”
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro): Vocal Score)
“
Duha tidak tahu kenapa dia tidak jadi marah pada Muhsin yang berkuning langsat itu. Padahal waktu itu, udara di sekitar kedai belakang masjid ini panaslah juga. Agaknya berkat kota ini, membuat hati sentiasa rela bersabar. Terasa dekat sahaja dengan makam Rasulullah, membuat kita jadi malu kalau berkelakuan tidak sopan.
”
”
Noor Suraya (Langsir Biji Remia)
“
i can fix a lot of things
but cannot mend a broken heart
for it is too fragile
and fixing it
is another art
but i hope to learn it soon
as i see mine getting torn
before it breaks into a million pieces
and i am left to fix it
all alone
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
I return to English as if to the arms of a lover and feel instantly safe and indigenous there. What are borders, anyway? Just lines in the sand. What are citizens? Just people fucking within the same lines in the sand - and their children and then their children
”
”
Noor Naga (If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English)
“
wear your past with grace
present with care
and future with delight
nothing gleams better
when three of them
are carefully combined
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
someday
something
will go
terribly, utterly, horribly
wrong
one day
everything
will be fine
our lives
swing between
that one day
and someday
so why do you worry
about it
everyday
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
I want my rage to elicit love and more love.
”
”
Noor Hindi (Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.)
“
I know I’m American because when I walk into a room something dies.
”
”
Noor Hindi (Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.)
“
I dream
of the big dumb heart my mother
hands me. She tells me to carry it.
I drop it every time.
”
”
Noor Hindi (Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.)
“
Ostan pealinna lähedalt Decathloni spordikaubamajast endale päris jooksutossud, milliseid pole mul kunagi varem olnud, pulsikella ja paar neljaeurost spordisärki. Proovin ka maikat, aga näen selles oma heleda naha ja hõreda heleda karvkattega välja nagu kiiritada saanud ahv.
”
”
Mart Normet (Minu Tenerife. Noor pensionär (Minu..., # 74))
“
Maybe we don’t really grow up until our parents die, she thought. Maybe her infant memory was forever looking to Zod and Pari to make things better because they always did. Because if our parents didn’t exalt us, we spend our adult lives blaming them—for not doing this, and not doing that, not being “supportive,” not making an appearance at our first recital, being overprotective or aloof, damaging our self-esteem. Yet at our best or worst, who sees everything? Who knows us best? Who waits and waits to see what we yet may be? Then one day they’re gone and it’s just you, and there’s nothing left to squeeze, no one to blame for the dismay over the course your life has taken. Once the tears have stopped, it’s just the here and now and the desire to do better, to be closer to the person you want to be. Noor
”
”
Donia Bijan (The Last Days of Café Leila)
“
i am too afraid
of people who have souls like hometowns
warm, forgiving and too kind
that even if you leave; even when you leave
will always welcome you home
remember you with your family name
i am too afraid
of something too homely
when every breath coming out of my body
is shaped like leaving
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Noor was Sajida's secret. She knew the exact moment her child was conceived. Purple passed slowly, the lowest of clouds, over her eyes. Bathed in such magnificent color, Sajida lay perfectly still. Much later, she would try to relive the exact moment, as if she needed to understand how the fact of her child could have entered her body and mind at the same time. But Sajida would not summon the gentle shade ever again.
”
”
Sorayya Khan (Noor)
“
Meie lähme ema ja Nelega vaatama etendust nimega "Evolución". Olavi soovitusel istume parimatel kohtadel: kaheksanda rea keskel. Kohad number 2, 4 ja 6. Ei, need on ikka kõrvuti. Sest kohti nummerdatakse siin tõesti nõnda, et keskelt vasakule jooksevad paaritud numbrid ja paremale paaris numbrid. Miks minna otse, kui saab ringiga, eks ole.
”
”
Mart Normet (Minu Tenerife. Noor pensionär (Minu..., # 74))
“
the sunset looked way too pigmented—as if
the color palette of sorrow had been thrown on
it. yes, if sorrow had colors, they would be lilac
mixed with pinks and some sneaky whites like
the clouds at twilight. i thought it was a
masterpiece; a way for nature to share that at the
end of the day, each sobbed whisper goes
directly to the skies. but before that, it leaves
its color on the canvas of earth one last time.
”
”
Noor Unnahar (Yesterday I Was the Moon)
“
Nama saya Raimy Haidar. Panggil Rain saja." Aku memperkenalkan diri tanpa ditanya. Itu peraturan pertama dalam berkenalan.
Dia senyum sambil tunjuk kad IDnya.
"Tapi biasanya orang panggil saya Lia."
Lia...cantiknya nama tu. Secantik orangnya.
Aku mengisyaratkan dengan tangan yang aku sudah mengingati nama itu dalam otak. Sudah berpunya atau belum agaknya?
Pintu lif terbuka.
Seperti terbuka pula pintu langit mendengar harapanku.
”
”
Noor Azzahra (Bidadari Hujan)
“
…The corporation decided that a public execution of someone as damaged as me was bad press. He was sure that the Nigerian government may have done something to me, and they’d ordered the corporation to back off so they could retrieve their specimen.
Anything but me being a living machine connection, simultaneously human and machine; the result of an abnormal amount of flesh to machine wiring, some random glitch caused by combination of violence inflicted on my body, and subsequent rage.”
“They hate what it does, yet Ultimate Corp continues doing it. It’s something more than human, by Allah. It’s the beast, a djinn. Fire and air, insubstantial, but very real. Human beings created it, but they will never control it.
”
”
Nnedi Okorafor (Noor)