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FictionMarch 15, 2020March 15, 2020

This Is What Murakami Meant | A Short Story

Her eyes swell up. I don’t want her to cry, but I cannot utter a word. She has too brilliant a mind to lose it over her heart. We would have been perfect for each other, I know she believes it. We both love the same things. But for us to happen, we’d need another…

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Growing Up SeriesAugust 10, 2019August 10, 2019

Growing Up #7: The Merry-Go-Round of Life

I’ve listened to people talk about their lives as the words innocently sprung out of their mouths and crystallized into lines. A line or two at most, not an elaborate conversation, and yet I know I’ve been hit by circles of perspectives. I’ve listened not through ears, but through my heart. It is as though…

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Poetry & ThoughtsSeptember 17, 2015

Grandfather’s Saying

‘Be like the sparrow,’ says my grandfather. ‘Because the sparrow can fit into the nest of the pigeon, but the pigeon cannot adjust into the little home of the sparrow.’ Illustration by Subina Shrestha.

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Alfa here. Welcome to The Wordcastle, a blog about reading, writing, and the arts. I am someone who likes to make things. I am a writer, public speaker, and a digital artist and have been running this blog as a passion project since 2017.

For all these years, The Wordcastle has been a place for experiments. I continue to learn everyday as I update this blog, tear its design apart and rebuild it. I hope you will enjoy reading and find something that connects with you. There are book quotes, reviews of writing classes, poetry, and more.

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