That time of the year when world leaders will give rousing speeches at the UN about the genocide. There will be applause, there will be walkouts, the leaders will return home. And the children will continue to be murdered in Gaza and Lebanon
"Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language"
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"The universe is one being. Everything and everyone is interconnected through an invisible web of stories, whether we are aware of it or not. We are all in a silent conversation."
What a precious gem! @Elif_Safak#thefortyrulesoflove
"There’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going
to let anybody see
you."
This will always be my favourite poem.✨
#CharlesBukowski#thebluebird
"Okonkwo’s fear was greater than these. It was not external but lay deep within himself."
The affect of past is so deep-rooted in Africa that after all these years they struggle to cure their identity as normal human beings all around the globe. World-view altering novel, indeed