Melissa

“Our appointment with life is in the present moment. The place of our appointment is right here, in this very place.” Living in a culture that is always encouraging us to plan for the future, it is no easy task to develop the capacity “to be here now.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Suficiente es el dolor como para alimentarlo del rencor.”
― Martha Antillón, Cicatrices

“Your dreams are messages. They are telling you to pay attention to the world around you.”
― Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean

“The notion of following your heart’s desire, of going wherever you chose, did not exist here, and I did not see any way to let them know what it felt like, especially since, after so little time in their system, I had lost my own sense of freedom.”
― Suki Kim, Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite