Martyr!

by Kaveh Akbar

What was left of his life had no intrinsic meaning, he knew, since such meaning could only be shaped in relation to other people.

Ok Shinj Ikari

“It seems very American to expect grief to change something. Like a token you cash in. A formula. Grieve x amount, receive y amount of comfort.

He owes us the fifty years of sun, fifty years of water inside that tree. Fifty years of sun and water. That is the price.”