Yusra Ali

“Shrinking in a corner,
pressed into the wall;
do they know I'm present,
am I here at all?

Is there a written rule book,
that tells you how to be—
all the right things to talk about—
that everyone has but me?

Slowly I am withering—
a flowered deprived of sun;
longing to belong to—
somewhere or someone.”
― Lang Leav, Love & Misadventure

“Where are the songs I used to know,
Where are the notes I used to sing?
I have forgotten everything
I used to know so long ago.
("The Key-Note")”
― Christina Rossetti

“Through darkness diamonds spread their richest light.”
― John Webster, The White Devil

“Take it for words. O woman’s poor revenge,
Which dwells but in the tongue!”
― John Webster, The White Devil