Ivan Zlatanov

“It seems very American to expect grief to change something. Like a token you cash in. A formula. Grieve x amount, receive y amount of comfort. Work a day in the grief mines and get paid in tickets to the company store.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“…dazed by the fragrance of jasmine, the smells so much sharper in the dark.”
― Paul Theroux, Burma Sahib

“what if life is just a collection of essentially unrelated experiences? Why does one thing have to follow meaningfully from another?”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“Please tell the people in your country, a child in the Congo dies every day so that they can plug in their phones.”
― Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives