Dharini B

“When I was growing up my mother used to tell me that the best gift parents could give their children was to have a strong and loving relationship with each other.”
― George Howe Colt, The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

“When I was young
I wanted to be just like him.
One of the charm, of a bright orange smile
and muscular laughter.
Bold brown eyes flashing fearless
when he sat not alone
on cold blue nights
in empty boxcars.

Riding a freight train's
solitary wail
away from Nebraska
Depression, accompanying dreams
withered farms.
Nothing left but the
leaves of possibilities.”
― Larsen Bowker

“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“No time to grieve for roses when the forests are burning.”
― Juliusz Słowacki