Kelly K

“Mapmaker mapmaker
make me a map

one to one scale,
without a single gap.

Map every rock,
every thought, every tree

and erase all the territory.”
― Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 2

“Because you believed
In yourself
Your tiny self

Because you knew
There is no greater accomplishment
Than making someone love you”
― Gabrielle Prendergast, Audacious

“Outside, not only over our pit but above all far away from it, there was life. You could not think too much about it, but I liked to imagine it so as not to die of forgetfulness. Imagine, and not remember. Life, the real one, not that dirty rag blowing across the ground, no, life in its exquisite beauty. I mean in its simplicity, its marvelous banality: a child smiling after tears; eyes blinking in too bright light; a woman trying on a dress; a man asleep on the grass. A horse galloping across a plain. A man wearing many-colored wings attempting to fly. A tree bending to shade a woman sitting on a stone. The sun drifts off, and you even see a rainbow. Life: it's being able to raise your arm, rub the back of your neck, stretch for the pure pleasure of it, get up and stroll aimlessly, watch people go by, stop, read a newspaper - or simply stay sitting at your window because you have nothing to do and it's nice to do nothing.”
― Tahar Ben Jelloun, تلك العتمة الباهرة

“We accept gods that don't speak to us. We accept gods that would place us in a world filled with injustices and do nothing as we struggle. It's easier than accepting that there's nothing out there at all, and that, in our darkest moments, we are truly alone.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Perfect Ruin