Olene Ebanks

“You see, I want a lot.
Maybe I want it all:
the darkness of each endless fall,
the shimmering light of each ascent.
So many are alive who don't seem to care.
Casual, easy, they move in the world
as though untouched.
But you take pleasure in the faces
of those who know they thirst.
You cherish those
who grip you for survival.
You are not dead yet, it's not too late
to open your depths by plunging into them
and drink in the life
that reveals itself quietly there.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“When it came to growing viruses—as with many other things—the fact that HeLa was malignant just made it more useful.”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“When two people part it is the one who is not in love who makes the tender speeches.”
― Marcel Proust

“And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them.”
― Norton Juster