Agapi

“Persephone had it right.
If you must go, might as well
take all of spring with you—”
― Cathy Linh Che, Split

“To love someone is like moving into a house," Sonja used to say. "At first you fall in love in everything new, you wonder every morning that this is one's own, as if they are afraid that someone will suddenly come tumbling through the door and say that there has been a serious mistake and that it simply was not meant to would live so fine. But as the years go by, the facade worn, the wood cracks here and there, and you start to love this house not so much for all the ways it is perfect in that for all the ways it is not. You become familiar with all its nooks and crannies. How to avoid that the key gets stuck in the lock if it is cold outside. Which floorboards have some give when you step on them, and exactly how to open the doors for them not to creak. That's it, all the little secrets that make it your home.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Ούτε να πεθάνω θέλω ούτε και να γιατρευτώ
θέλω απλώς να βολευτώ στην καταστροφή μου.

Όταν τρελαίνομαι τις νύχτες για κορμί,
να βρίσκεται ένας άνθρωπος να με χορταίνει.

Όταν βουλιάζω σ' έυκολες εξάψεις,
να 'ρχεται μια εξευτέλιση να με συνεφέρνει.

Όταν βουρλίζομαι στα δρομολόγια του πάθους,
να 'χω ένα όραμα να με θαμπώνει.

Όταν εξαγριώνομαι για τρυφερότητα,
να βρίσκονται δυο χέρια για τον παιδεμό μου.

Μα πάνω στου σπασμού την αποθέωση,
που εκμηδενίζει κάθε άλλη ομορφιά,
να 'χω τη δύναμη να πω "Κύριε όχι άλλο" -
κόβοντας τις υπερωρίες της καταστροφής μου.”
― Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος, Βολέματα καταστροφής: 90 ποιήματα, 1949-1999

“Love grows wildest in the gardens of hardship.”
― Nadia Hashimi, When the Moon Is Low