in another universe, my childhood dog lived forever.
In another universe I wasn’t expected to be the grownup at the age of eight
Elena Ferrante, from Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein)
[Text ID: maybe, in the face of abandonment, we are all the same; maybe not even a very orderly mind can endure the discovery of not being loved.]
Natalie Díaz, from “American Arithmetic”, Postcolonial Love Poem (2020)
You wont find the same person twice, not even in the same person
- Mahmoud Darwish
this is going to be difficult -> i am capable of doing difficult things -> i have done everything prior to this moment -> this difficulty will soon be proof of capability
