Joann Pan

“When the waves close over me, I dive down to fish for pearls.”
― Masha Kaleko

“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.”
― Miranda July

“Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye

“In this world
love has no color
yet how deeply
my body
is stained by yours.”
― Izumi Shikibu, Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan