Mashaal Arifullah

“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”
― Brené Brown

“I am so far removed, from everything, that I can’t even cry. There’s a chasm between me, where I am, and the world I am in. The world I move my feet through. The atmosphere I breathe is like golden syrup, twenty-seven atmospheres thick. I’m wading through the world, consumed with … consumed. And I’m wading through the swamp that my body has become.”
― Luke Davies, Candy

“He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“I am a collection of dismantled almosts.”
― Anne Sexton, Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters