Paul Madukon

“The terrible thing is that it's impossible to tear the past out by the roots.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“I am tired of safe places, and roofs, and walls around me.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore

“I see that you are heartlessly clever.
For you know how to Love,
but not Forever.

You still return to me in flashes,
so strong it clouds my Mind.
The fire has turned to ashes,
and yet, you’re not behind.”
― Meraaqi, Divine Trouble

“... nostalgia was once thought to be a mental illness or a physical affliction; for me, it was both.”
― Laura McHugh, Arrowood