Natalie Smerdeva

“An oak is a tree. A rose is a flower. A deer is an animal. A sparrow is a bird. Russia is our fatherland. Death is inevitable.

P. Smirnovsky, A Textbook of Russian Grammar”
― Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift

“Why should you believe your eyes? You were given eyes to see with, not to believe with. Your eyes can see the mirage, the hallucination as easily as the actual scenery.”
― Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee

“i am a museum full of art
but you had your eyes shut”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me.”
― Elif Shafak