one has to be careful about stories. especially true ones. when a story is told the first time, it can find a place in the listener’s heart. if the same story is told over and over, it becomes less like a presence in that chest and more like an x-ray of it.

- k’naan: returning to somalia after 20 years

via NYT: hannahjenkins

(Source: hjparenthesis)

  1. og-blay reblogged this from camarosh
  2. saramjc reblogged this from hjparenthesis
  3. -wollmaus reblogged this from texturism
  4. bookuse reblogged this from texturism
  5. texturism reblogged this from hjparenthesis and added:
    one has to be careful about stories. especially true ones. when a story is told the first time, it can find a place in...
  6. hjparenthesis posted this