Magda

“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Even with my Amazon frame,
I feel too small for all that’s inside me.
I want to break myself open
like an egg smacked hard against an edge.
Teachers always say
that each school year is a new start:
but even before this day
I think I’ve been beginning.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe