Mfatima Khan

“This is how apathy goes:

First, old joys become new sorrows.
Then all your mornings in bed transcend into eternities.
Your best friend no longer calls because the new self is unrecognizable.
And your father. Your father feels unfamiliar because you are growing and he is not.”
― Ezinne Orjiako, Nkem.

“The reality is that there are plenty of trustworthy people in the world rebuilding their lives. It was a very gradual process for me to open up and talk about what was really going on in my recovery. The more I started to take risks by talking to others, however, the more I had an opportunity to exercise boundaries. As I asserted new boundaries, I started to gravitate towards people with integrity, warmheartedness and decency.”
― Christopher Dines, Drug Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way

“You can write it all down, you can put it in your book of facts, but the truth is no one can ever really understand the tangle of experiences and passions that makes you who you are. It's a secret collection, a private language, a pebble in your pocket that you play with when you're anxious.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

“I knew well enough that one could fracture one’s legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too.”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh