bear witness

"For the dead and the living, we must bear witness."
-Elie Wiesel
-Photo: "The Victims of Auschwitz," Katharine Urbaniak (via)

how forgiveness budded

"I wondered if that's how forgiveness budded; not with fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night."

-Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
-Image: light house keeper in the desert sun

Neruda

"I want to fill my mouth with your name."

-Pablo Neruda

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