Ioana Matei

“Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along the Bosphorus.”
― Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City

“At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.”
― Brendan Francis

“I sit before flowers
hoping they will train me in the art
of opening up

I stand on mountain tops believing
that avalanches will teach me to let go

I know
nothing

but I am here to learn.”
― Shane Koyczan

“Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules.”
― Marvin Bell