Sanoud

“we are all beautiful even as we are all part of the problem, and that to be a part of the problem is to be human”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“Maybe love shouldn’t be built on a foundation of compromises, but maybe it can’t exist without them either. Not the kind that forces two people into shapes they don’t fit in, but the kind that loosens their grips, always leaves room to grow. Compromises that say, there will be a you-shaped space in my heart, and if your shape changes, I will adapt. No matter where we go, our love will stretch out to hold us, and that makes me feel like … like everything will be okay.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Because in real life, unlike in history books, stories come to us not in their entirety but in bits and pieces, broken segments and partial echoes, a full sentence here, a fragment there, a clue hidden in between. in life, unlike in books, we have to weave our stories out of threads as fine as the gossamer veins that run through a butterfly's wings.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“my soul is still homeless

sometimes
in between slumber and consciousness
i sleepwalk.

my mind not yet aware
i shuffle out the front door
the crisp open air and night sky still call me.

at night
in between slumber and consciousness
i sleepwalk.

my soul not yet aware
that my wanderings are over
and I have a home.”
― Jesse Thistle, From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way