Shabani Kasongo

“But sometimes you can’t control where your mind goes. You just have to train it not to go there anymore. He”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I learned that it is important to be true to yourself. Many people do whatever society tells them to do. They’ve lost themselves. I grew up with Confucian values, and they are limiting. I focused only on work and making a living. But I’m old now. Remember not to lose who you are.”
― Pik-Shuen Fung, Ghost Forest

“all i know is that i know nothing”
― philosopher Socrates

“your mother
is in the habit of
offering more love
than you can carry


your father is absent


you are a war
the border between two countries
the collateral damage
the paradox that joins the two
but also splits them apart”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey