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"'You have to protect yourself from sadness. Sadness is very close to hate.'" -Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
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On Sadness #1
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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On Love #7
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"'If I gave you my life, you would drop it. Wouldn't you?'
I didn't say anything." -Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
On Words #1
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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"She had always wanted words, she loved them, grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape. Whereas I thought words bent emotions like sticks in water." -Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
About Me
- Nazifa
- Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Nazifa Islam grew up in Novi, Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at Oregon State University. Her poetry and paintings have appeared in a number of publications, including Anomalous Press, From the Depths, Fat City Review, splinterswerve, and Flashquake. Her debut poetry 'Searching for a Pulse' was recently released by Whitepoint Press.