I observe, I write, I try not to remember the life that I didn't want to loose but lost and have to remember, being here fills my heart with so much joy, even if the joy isn't mine, and at the end of the day I fill the suitcase with old news.

I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots.

She maintained a careful balance by her window, never allowing the men to come too close, never allowing them to stray too far.

There are only so many times that you can utter ‘It does not hurt’ before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt. You become enlightened of the feeling of feeling hurt, which is worse, I am certain, than the existent hurt.

As long as I am thinking, I am alive.

I wanted to hit him. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to shout myself into his ear.

We burned with love for ourselves, all of us, starters of the fire we suffered- our love was the affliction for which only our love was the cure.