Michael Barlow

“Sunshine all the time makes a desert.”
― Arab proverb

“and i said to my body. softly. ‘i want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath. and replied ‘i have been waiting my whole life for this.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“Eventually, all our graves go unattended.”
― Conan O'Brien

“I don’t have any knack for making people cry, Ela,’ he answered softly. His voice was a caress. No, stronger, it was like a hand gripping her hand, holding her, steadying her. ‘Telling the truth makes you cry.”
― Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead