Aimee

“This is survival. This is how the vessel protects the mind, how the mind protects the heart, how the heart goes on forgetting that its calling is to be undefended, that being broken is part of being whole.”
― Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate

“A photograph can say “This is what it was.” Language can only say “This is what it was like.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“For loss is our common denominator. None of us will escape it. None of us will outrun death.”
― Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World

“Living happened till it didn’t. There was no choice in it. To say no to a new day would be unthinkable. So each morning you said yes, then stepped into the consequence.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!