Noha Walaan

“… to survive something we first need to know what it is we are surviving”
― Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows

“She told me that the brain is built to forget things as we continue to live, that memories are meant to fade and disintegrate, that skin, so protective in the beginning because it has to be to protect our organs, sags eventually - because the organs aren’t so hot anymore either - and sharp edges become blunt, that the pain of letting go of grief is just as painful or even more painful then the grief itself. It means goodbye, it means going to Rotterdam when you weren't expecting to and having no way of telling anyone you won't be back for a while.”
― Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows

“What sorts of things do you google when your favorite person in the world is determined to leave it?”
― Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows