“I don’t think death has to be this one, big event of losing life. I think death is something that happens constantly, every moment."

"Sometimes, you don't get to plan things. You don't get to sort it all our, say goodbye, make up with those you loved."

"i don’t know about you, but when i think about dying, i think about a peaceful death."

"got a call, saying that his hands and feet had turned very cold. i rushed out of the house, hailed an auto and hurried up the stairs."

“Come for me, with your wings and your appearance that I know, for my heart anticipates your arrival soon.”

“Everything is impermanent, everything will come to an end. All life will end in death.”

"the thing i've learnt is that grief is definitely a lifelong thing, it's not as simple as life moving forward and the healing starts."

“A forest, in that sense, is like an empty casket-  Waiting to house your remains.”

"Since this is the first newsletter, though, there will be some rambling. It’s inevitable. I hope you’re ready."

“That's the beauty of being in a historical city– you can feel the history.”

“What happened to George Floyd, what happened to Ahmaud Arbery, what happened to Breonna Taylor is nothing short of murder.”

"and then there is the night when I stumbled across the poem 'litany in which certain things are crossed out' on the internet."

"Because maybe, in the end, the fear of death is the fear of never having been alive."

"And it takes me a while, but I finally decide That the snow is still beautiful In a world without you."

“There is something so magnificent, yet so humane about the Colosseum– I think it comes from the fact that it has seen so much.”

“i know you won't remember this time in your life, but we will never forget it.”

lately, i haven't been myself the whole world screams of pain,  sorrow, lost hope and death– a new type of ghost haunts me. the first...

"Your essence remains, just softer, less prominent, until that is gone too."

"And I miss the soul you poured in me, In the quiet of the world around us."

"from then on, every crow was fabio."