Mariah

“Every morning I walk like this around
the pond, thinking: if the doors of my heart ever close, I am as good as dead.”
― Mary Oliver

“[…] a clockwork of fingers finding places to own—
under the tongue, collarbone, bottom lip,
arch of foot.”
― Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

“By the time I’ve finished with you,
you won’t know whether you’ve been kissed or cut,
whether you were loved or butchered.
and either way you probably won’t care,
just grateful you came close enough to touch.”
― Warsan Shire

“You create silent enemies by revealing how much God had blessed you. There are people who are unhappy about your success and your big dreams are just too heavy for them to bear, so they will try to break you into pieces. Extinguishers of dreams are everywhere, and you can decode them by their nosy attitude towards your affairs. That is why its pertinent to keep few friends, talk less about yourself, and focus on other things pretending as if you don't exist. It doesn't make you faded or out of life, but the chances of getting your prospects destroyed will be very slim.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign