I said to the sun, ‘Tell me about the big bang.’ The sun said, ‘it hurts to become.

Right now there’s a man on the street outside my door with outstretched hands full of heartbeats no one can hear. He has cheeks like torn sheet music every tear-broken crescendo falling on deaf ears. At his side there’s a boy with eyes like an anthem no one stands up for.

I'm good at loving books. I'm good at loving soft bed sheets. I'm good at loving coffees and teas. I am good at loving things that can't love me back, that don't have the power to leave. And maybe, that's why I love them.

You are not weak just because your heart feels so empty.

Do you know they found land mines in woman's souls.

I thought, "The flowers, save the flowers..." I never thought for a second we wouldn't save the people

Forests may be gorgeous but there is nothing more alive than a tree that learns how to grow in a cemetery.