Maria Ejike

“and also I am the leaves and the blossoms, and, like them, I am full of delight, and shaking.”
― Mary Oliver, Red Bird

“They fought for nothing, which is why you see yourself in them.”
― Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

“This is a love story to its blade-dented bone.”
― Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

“I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world.”
― Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water