Suhrita

“With chopsticks, I cut through the dark-skinned egg, releasing molten yoke into waiting broth. Face bathed in the warming steam, I tasted.
Sheltered from the rain
Soothing train, ramen-numbed brain
I reap contentment
With the Zen meal consumed and consumed by the Zen meal, I exited back into the chaotic Tokyo night.”
― Gordon Vanstone, Rainy Day Ramen and the Cosmic Pachinko

“I'm sorry I keep saying How are you? when I really mean Are you happy?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Halley’s comet will be more than five times closer to Earth in 2061 than it was in 1986.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“It seemed that acquiring a house was not the same thing as acquiring a home. And connected to home was a question I swatted away every time it landed too near me. Who else was living with me in the grand old house with the pomegranate tree? Was I alone with the melancholy fountain for company? No. There was definitely someone else there with me, perhaps even cooling their feet in that fountain. Who was this person? A phantom.”
― Deborah Levy, Real Estate: Living Autobiography 3