Patrick

“We do things out of fear and we do things out of love and no one tells you what happens when you act from both places at once.”
― Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces

“I'm not a frivolous man, nor am I, in my opinion, a serious man. It's my belief a man has to be a little of both these days. I believe, too, in the value of ahrd work-the harder the better. A man who isn't working has got too much time on his hands, too much time to dwell on himself and his problems.”
― Raymond Carver, Collected Stories

“What I am trying to say is: it is possible to reform your idea of yourself. It's the only real inner work there is–going back and revisiting your horrors, and holding yourself accountable and moving forward.”
― Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces

“Love is a practice, a trail you carve out by traveling the same path over and over and over until it becomes familiar, until it lights the way home.”
― Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces