Vaibhav

“Every person has a secret inventory of "things". I call them objects of attachment - things that refuse to be forgotten. Perhaps it's a place, a smell, a business card. Whatever it is, they refuse to go unnoticed. These objects are enchanted, taking us back to another time or another place, where things are very different from the way they are now. They make us nostalgic. Playing back memories like old black and white movies, flickering with shimmer and warmth.

They are hard to avoid - popping up when your mind is distracted. And regardless of what you threw away, or donated to charity, that is where you find yourself - staring at the game of Scrabble, wondering exactly how each piece used to fit.

While I know my inventory and have studied it well, I often wonder which objects I am attached to. And I find myself hoping that one day you find me, unexpectedly tucked away in the back of your closet, or a messy desk drawer - and remember exactly what we once were.”
― Jesse Warner, where i am

“Because no one should be alone and sad on their birthday, even if they thought they wanted to be.”
― Sara Barnard, Beautiful Broken Things

“I will refuse to call it heaven
if the people I love
(who put me through hell)

aren't there.”
― Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

“There’s a line from Scorsese’s Mean Streets that’s always resonated with me: “You don’t fuck around with the infinite.”
― Stephen King, You Like It Darker