Oscar Membreno

“How wonderful, to walk half drunk with a Lemonsoda on a muggy night like this around the gleaming slate cobblestones of Rome with someone's arm around me.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“When people point out your differences as negative, it's only because they're insecure themselves.”
― Lily Collins, Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me

“How long will I live my life afraid of what-ifs?”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I look in the mirror and see myself,
and yet I really don’t.
Only an image is perceived,
not things I will or things I won’t.

Ideas in my mind I cannot see.
No glimpse of how I feel.
Shreds of emotion shape my gaze,
but depth, the mirror will not reveal.

I see my reflection colored in,
my hair, my skin, my eyes.
Hues in my heart and shades of thought
remain unlit by fire or skies.

I smile at the mirror and watch it grin,
hasty to copy me,
but who I am ‘twill never know.
Mirrors don’t reflect identities.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year