Memory Quotes

“and you would know
by now that silence
is not distance — it
is despair and distress
and failure and weakness
and dissociation and repeated
attempts to venture into
that world we were promised
and made and protected”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory

“even poets —
the most glorified species
on earth —
are selfish:
they draw their power
from misery”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory

“maybe it’s better
that they keep believing
that love is the beginning
of life
and with it
life will never cease”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory

“and while love
is still our greatest
benchmark it puts us
in a grueling bout
against ourselves”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory

“too often i was afraid
to test the limits
of kindness
without inviting
betrayal
or backstab”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory

“i am accused of developing
symptoms of life-sickness
whenever things quickly
start losing meaning”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory

“time,
often the unpredictable
wizard that rolls the
dice for us
and death, there,
like a
panther in the shadows,
discrete yet alert”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory

“how many more sunsets
do i have to miss
how many more lovers
should i betray
to get a foothold in this life?”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Memory