Youmna

“I dream
of the big dumb heart my mother
hands me. She tells me to carry it.
I drop it every time.”
― Noor Hindi, Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

“Grief never ends, but we find a way to walk in the light someone has left behind, rather than living in pain’s shadow.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson

“You know why the battle of good vs evil is so one-sided, Malin? Because evil is better organised, better equipped and better paid. It is not monsters or yakas or demons we should fear. Organised collectives of evil doers who think they are performing the work of the righteous. That is what should make us shudder.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“I’ve only ever known myself in song, between notes, in that place where language won’t suffice but the drums might, might speak for us, might speak for what is on our hearts.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds