How Beautiful We Were

much of the suffering in the world was because of those who had forgotten that they too were once children.

I think being born to parents from two different parts of the world made him a man from somewhere and elsewhere but sadly from nowhere.

man’s anger is often no more than a safe haven for his cowardice.

begin counting down the days, desperate for them to hurry to ten, which they refuse to. Day One takes a thousand years to get to Day Two, which takes three thousand to get to Day Three. Roosters won’t announce a new dawn quickly enough, shadows won’t lengthen at a generous speed.