“Everything I know about my family’s history, I know in fragments. We are the keepers of secrets. We are secrets ourselves. We try to protect each other from the geography of so much sorrow. I don’t know that we succeed.”
― Ayiti
― Ayiti
“... a surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. Page 115”
― My Beloved World
― My Beloved World
“So, here you are
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.”
― Questions for Ada
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.”
― Questions for Ada
“The half-life of love is forever.”
― This Is How You Lose Her
― This Is How You Lose Her
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