Bhavi

“Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. This one time on the face of the Earth, let’s not speak any language, let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much.—Pablo Neruda, “Keeping Still”
― Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

“While to our eyes, waves appear suddenly on the shore, their abruptness is an illusion. Waves begin their journey thousands of miles out at sea. They accumulate shape and power from winds and undersea currents for ages. And so, when you see the women in Iran screaming for their rights, please remember that the force and fury of our screams have been gathering power for years.”
― Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

“Of course, we still know almost nothing about what’s coming—neither for us as individuals nor for us as a species. Perhaps that’s why I find it so comforting that we do know when Halley will return, and that it will return, whether we are here to see it or not. I give Halley’s comet four and a half stars.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“Love is an action word, I thought. It can be committed, like a crime.”
― Jemimah Wei, The Original Daughter