Mia Elbaf

“Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between.”
― André Aciman

“I am a tiny seashell
that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the ocean
surging through its body.”
― Edward Hirsch

“I need to live like that crooked tree--...
that knelt down in the hardest winds
but could not be blasted away.”
― Edward Hirsch

“If you liked a book, don’t meet the author.”
― Raymond Chandler