Yarelys

“A piece of sheet music, am I?" he teased. "Makes me rather flat. doesn't it? The joke was so terrible, it was perfect.
"I prefer gentlemen who are sharp" was her quick reply.”
― Julie Berry, Lovely War

“all humans are inclined to hate others if they believe they are the cause of their unhappiness.”
― Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

“...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth.
And destroy the world.”
― Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

“A LETTER FROM ROMANIA

Do you see me?

Squinting beneath the half-light,
Searching for a key to
The locked door of the world,
Lost within my own shadow
Amidst an empire of fear.

Do you feel me?

Heating a brick
To warm my sleep.
Drifting into dreams,
In search of myself,
In search of a conscience, a country.

Do you hear me?

Reciting jokes
Laughing to hide tears of truth
That we are denied the present
With empty promises
Of an emptier future.

Do you pity me?

Lips that know no taste of fruit,
Lonely in a country of millions,
Stumbling toward the gallows
Of bad decisions
While the walls listen and laugh.

Will you remember me?

A boy with wings of hope
Strapped to his back
That never had a chance to open,
Denied forever knowing
What he could have become.

What we all could have become.”
― Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You