Patrycja

“I'm not what anyone thinks I am. I never was. I didn't have the mouth to put it into words, to say what was wrong, to change the things I felt I needed to change. And every day it was difficult, walking around and knowing that people saw me one way, knowing that they were wrong, so completely wrong, that the real me was invisible to them. It didn't even exist to them. So: If nobody sees you, are you still there?”
― Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“To zabawne, że przez wiele tygodni, miesięcy, a czasem nawet lat człowiek przygotowuje się na koszmar, którego spełnienie jest raczej kwestią ,,kiedy", a nie ,,czy". A potem, kiedy sobie wmawia, że pogodził się już z końcem świata, nagle nokautuje go cios. Pada na ziemię, totalnie przytłoczony stratą, na którą wcale nie był gotowy.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“If we could just be on earth at the same place and same time as everyone we loved, if we could be born together and die together, it would be so simple. And it’s not. But listen: You two are on the planet at the same time. You’re in the same place now. That’s a miracle. I just want to say that.”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers