💬 Quotes

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears."

"I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"

"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy."

"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."

"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy also."

"The past is a phantom, but it has sharp teeth."

"You can’t outrun your own shadow, no matter how fast you drive."

"Everything in this world is a transaction, except for the things that kill you."

"Hope is a dangerous thing to carry when you’re already drowning."

"The water here doesn't clean anything; it just hides the stains."

"We are all just stories told by people who didn't know us well enough to get the truth right."

"La bellezza è un potere. Ma è un potere che non si può controllare, e spesso è un potere che distrugge."

"Le sorelle sono tutto. Se non avessi lei, non avrei nessuno. Ma a volte, avere qualcuno è molto peggio che essere soli."

"Ci si abitua a tutto. Anche a pulire il sangue dal pavimento di un appartamento che profuma di candeggina e segreti."

"Ayoola attira gli uomini come le fiamme attirano le falene. E, proprio come le falene, gli uomini finiscono sempre per bruciarsi."

"Non si sceglie la propria famiglia, ma si sceglie quanto in profondità ci si vuole sporcare le mani per proteggerla."

"Il sangue non è acqua, ma a volte sembra solo un ostacolo tra me e una vita normale."

"My mother told me that if I didn't listen to her, I would be like a crab, walking sideways, moving crookedly, always looking for a way out."

"That is the way it is with a wound, even a mother's, and even if it is invisible: it must be felt to be understood."

"For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me."