Pallav

“and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath
the first time his fingers touched the keys
the same way a soldier holds his breath
the first time his finger clicks the trigger.
We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.”
― Andrea Gibson

“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand.”
― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

“The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.”
― William S. Burroughs

“If you're happy in a dream, does that count?”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things