Esme Roda

“I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents”
― Sherman Alexie

“You ache with the need to convince yourself that you do exist in the real world, that you're a part of all the sound and anguish, and you strike out with your fists, you curse and you swear to make them recognize you. And, alas, it's seldom successful.”
― Ralph Ellison

“I saw myself sitting on the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I wanted to choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet”
― Sylvia Plath