Loes

“I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are
still together.”
― Warsan Shire

“Destroy superabundance. Starve the flesh, shave the hair, clarify the mind, define the will, restrain the senses, leave the family, flee the church, kill the vermin,vomit the heart, forget the dead. Limit time, forgo amusement, deny nature, reject acquaintances, discard objects, forget truths, dissect myth, stop motion, block impulse, choke sobs, swallow chatter. Scorn joy, scorn touch, scorn tragedy, scorn liberty, scorn constancy, scorn hope, scorn exaltation, scorn reproduction, scorn variety, scorn embellishment, scorn release, scorn rest, scorn sweetness, scorn light. It's a question of form as much as function. It is a matter of revulsion.”
― Jenny Holzer

“later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?

it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
― Warsan Shire

“She leaves behind a damp pillow, wet with her tears. You touch the warmth
with your hand and watch the sky outside gradually lighten. Far away a crow caws.
The Earth slowly keeps on turning. But beyond any of those details of the real,
there are dreams. And everyone's living in them.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore