When It's Diwali Week And You Are Talking A Walk Down Your Street At Night And There's Barely Any Moonlight

when it's diwali week and you are talking a walk down your street at night and there's barely any moonlight but it doesn't matter because every house is lit up with these twinkling fairy lights and multicolored bulbs and candles and it's bright and happy and there's this sweet aroma in the air and you can hear children screaming with joy as they light those stupid little fooljhadis that they are clearly scared of and the adults are sitting in groups playing cards or just talking and there's a sense of togetherness in the air itself and you are just so grateful. <3

When I speak passionately,

that’s when I’m least to be trusted.

-Louise Glück, The Untrustworthy Speaker

-Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Oh, education system, why art thou a bitch?

-Emma's Son in Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“November is a hinge in the year, and the door gets opened to ghosts.”

— Nina MacLaughlin, from “On the First of November, the Ghosts Arrive”, The Paris Review