Aurélie

“But we are all human, I thought, wondering what I meant.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Other humans gaze at the sky, but I say unto you, the only way through the world is to pass through the underground.”
― Rawi Hage, Cockroach

“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“From my years of teaching I know it's the children who say nothing who are in trouble more than the ones who complain.”
― Joy Kogawa, Obasan