They Are Nothing Without My Memory

A Quotation Series

Nikki H. Rose
Nov 3 · 3 min read
Photo by Zane Lee on Unsplash

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it” — Ansel Adams

I sat upstairs on the faded blue carpeting, sneezing my way into the dust molds that had formed over the years. I flipped from page to page, listening to the plastic stick to my fingers, feeling the potential for destruction, but wanting nothing more than…

Nikki H. Rose

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Most people use writing to escape their minds. I use it to meet mine. | Writer ~ Reader ~ Teacher ~ Fighter of Invisible Illnesses

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