I pray that I'm never a source of pain for anyone. I pray I don't bring darkness in anyone's life. I pray that I'm a source of light and goodness wherever I go.
Mary Oliver, from “Evidence: Poems”
As long as you know your intentions are pure, never stress yourself about anything or anyone. You have to trust that you will always end up being where you’re meant to be and that it’s never your loss respectfully.
Literally the most important lesson I've learned this year.
Woman, Eat Me Whole, Ama Asantewa Diaka
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.”
— Lemony Snicket
“That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
— Arundhati Roy
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge attainable from mockery and criticism: all these things we can do.”
— Hermann Hesse
No it could not have been any different. It wasn’t written.
A family wade through a flooded area during a heavy monsoon rain in Yar Mohammad village after canal waters flooded the city. Karachi, Pakistan. Fareed Khan
“If I love you I have to make you conscious of the things that you don’t see.” - James Baldwin
Ferguson October
where do I sign the petition to cancel 2020 altogether ?
The Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, London
“Adopt a gentle tone when speaking, for verily the tone at times, has a greater impact than the speech.”
- Imam Al-Ghazali رحمة الله عليه





