PinkPanthress

“The two women sat hunched together until Carol let her breath go. She patted the back of Liv's hand. If things are rocky between you and Jake, try to sort them out eh, love? But don't rely on him for your happiness You have to find your own path, too.”
― Phaedra Patrick, The Messy Lives of Book People

“After you died I could not hold a funeral,
And so my life became a funeral.”
― Han Kang, Human Acts

“Black tea is steeped in imperialism. That's what gives it its flavor. Anything this flavorful has to be hiding an incredible amount of carnage.”
― Un-su Kim, The Plotters

“She sees the mountain
upside down.

With her long hair
sweeping the fallen leaves
she swings
like a pendulum.

From the lagoon at sunset
a hundred sparrows fly away.

Wishing them back
she whistles softly.
And downward
she falls into the sky.


-- Chungmi Kim. 'A Girl on a Swing," Copyright © 1995. Originally published in Grand Passion: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, Suzanne Loomis and Charles H. Webb, eds. (Red Wind Books, 1995). Reprinted with the permission of the author.”
― Chungmi Kim