Michael

“Make sure to remember, every person and place has a right to exist. It is true for you too, the entire world, as a whole, is your home.”
― Yuki Urushibara, Mushi-Shi Treasured Edition [1]

“If only I could touch what’s broken in me, and tell it: “I’m sorry”.”
― Jenim Dibie

“Ocean people are different from land people. The ocean never stops saying and asking into ears, which don’t sleep like eyes. Those who live by the sea examine the driftwood and glass balls that float from foreign ships. They let scores of invisible imps loose out of found bottles. In a scoop of salt water, they revive the dead blobs that have been beached in storms and tides: fins, whiskers, and gills unfold; mouths, eyes, and colors bloom and spread. Sometimes ocean people are given to understand the newness and oldness of the world; then all morning they try to keep that boundless joy like a little sun inside their chests. The ocean also makes its people know immensity.”
― Maxine Hong Kingston

“be softer with you.
you are a breathing thing.
a memory to someone.
a home to a life.”
― Nayyirah Waheed