Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
OBEHI VESSEL A.You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
More Obehi Vessel A. Quotes
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Toxicity isn’t always a harsh tone or a bruise. Often it’s a “this is who I am.” Often it’s a “I’ll change” Void of when.
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To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.
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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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Never give a human the job of making you happy. Some days, they might call you sick. Other days they might call quit.
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Time ensures that we heal; not that we forget; In forgetting how a scar came to be, is to silently invite another injury.
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What’s lost, can be found. What’s broken, may be fixed. But what lives in denial of either of these will remain as it is.
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“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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We were purple, one day, we felt whole the next day split apart into red and blue.
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Doing good and being good; are two different things. The first is a shirt we put on, take off. The latter is our skin.
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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I have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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