“..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves? does the orphanage stop screaming for its mother? when the sand in the desert has been melted down to glass and our reflection is not something we can stand to look at does the white flag make for a perfect blindfold? yesterday i was told a story about this little girl in Iraq, six-years-old, who cannot fall asleep because when she does she dreams of nothing but the day she watched her dog eat her neighbor's corpse. if you told her war is over do you think she can sleep?” IfsThinkingYearsLooksLittlesDoeHas BeensWarEndsStoriesDreamBodyMotherFallGirlSleepWhitePerfectDogSixReflectionGlassesIraqNeighborYesterdayCellsDesertSandFlagsCorpsesSix Year OldsOrphanageBlindfoldsWhite Flag Author:Andrea Gibson
“Do you think anger is a sincere emotion or the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain?” ThinkingTryingHeartPainEmotionBeatsSincereFragile Author:Andrea Gibson
“I know you think this world is too dark to even dream in color, but I’ve seen flowers bloom at midnight. I’ve seen kites fly in gray skies and they were real close to looking like the sunrise, and sometime it takes the most wounded wings the most broken things to notice how strong the breeze is, how precious the flight.” ThinkingKnowsWorldRealDreamStrongDarkSkyThis WorldColorFlowerBrokenWingsFlightGrayWoundedSunriseMidnightBreezeKitesBlooming FlowerBroken ThingsGray Skies Author:Andrea Gibson
“To think, a sweater, is made entirely of knots. My stomach could clothe a village.” ThinkingMadeVillageStomachKnotsSweaters Author:Andrea Gibson
“Lately I've been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love the way I want to love, and what I need to learn to love that way, and how I need to become to become the kind of love I want to be. And when I break it all down, when I whittle it into a single breath, it essentially comes out like this: before I die, I want to be somebody's favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsKindCertainDiesPrayerSecretBreakSolitudeSafeBreathsNervousHidingKinds Of LoveHiding PlaceBefore I Die Author:Andrea Gibson
“I don't believe we're hateful. I think mostly we're just asleep, but the math adds up the same.” ThinkingBelieveAddDon't BelieveMathHateful Author:Andrea Gibson
