Maria Ejike

“Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?”
― Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“So come to the pond,
or the river of your imagination,
or the harbor of your longing,

and put your lips to the world.

And live
your life.”
― Mary Oliver, Red Bird

“Oh quickly disappearing photograph
in my more slowly disappearing hand.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, The Collected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke