Tea

“Kyllä se menee ohi, aika parantaa haavat, suru muuttaa muotoaan, nyt lapsesi on paremmassa paikassa, nyt hänen on hyvä olla. Näilä sanoilla minua on yritetty lohduttaa.

Eivät ne lohduta.

Eiväthän ne ole totta.

Menetykseni ei mene ohi. Aika ei paranna haavoja. Suru ei lopu. Se on kroonistunut. Se jättää aivoihin pysyvän molekyylijäljen. Lapseni on lakannut olemasta, eikä sitä tyhjiötä voi täyttää tai korvata millään muulla. Häntä ei enää ole. Hän ei ole missään paremmassa paikassa, ei hänen ole nyt hyvä olla.

Häntä ei enää ole.”
― Katriina Huttunen, Surun istukka

“What’s wrong with this world?’ Jesse asked. ‘Tell me what’s wrong with it? In the mornings the sun dawns, in the evenings it sets. The days pass peacefully. We don’t have serious ailments, we’re not starving. We have our homes.”
― Nora Ikstena, Soviet Milk

“When men die, they die in fear", he said. "They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living - in hope. They don't know what's happening, so they expect nothing, they don't ask you to hold their hand - but you end up needing them to hold yours. With children, you're on your own. Do you understand?”
― Tea Obreht

“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
― Maurice Sendak