It mirrored me. I attacked it. I’m not even sure if it knew I was there.

— Annihilation (2018)

“Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.” – Desmond Tutu

When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.” — Vietnamese proverb

"i will believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is"

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

"how long
can i go on clutching a promise made to a
child by a child?"