The Journal
Daily writings, essays, observations and personal reflections.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Changing your mind is treated as weakness in a culture that rewards consistency of brand. But a mind that never changes is not a mind that i...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Putting down what was never yours to carry.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The early hour belongs to no one, which is why it is the honest one. Whatever you think about before the noise begins is close to the truth...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The beginning is exciting and the ending is satisfying, and so we speak of them as the meaningful parts. But almost everything real happens...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Nothing more is required of you tonight. Put down the day. Put down the question. Until morning, you are allowed simply to rest.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Population ranges describe most people, not this person.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
You become, in part, the rooms you choose to stand in.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The unglamorous middle of anything worth finishing.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
At three in the morning the world is honest and unstaffed. I keep its company the way one keeps a difficult friend — for the truth, not the comfort.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Motion is not the same as direction.