“I sit down to rest and then my mind won’t let me. It takes me back to the people who I have been helping at the hospital. I can’t sit like this. I won’t sit like this. I am the hope for Humanity.” (Putalisadak, Kathmandu)

“My heart still shakes like the earthquake. I was in the fields when it happened. I came back to find the ceiling and the floor had become one.” (Khokana, Lalitpur)

“He was watching TV and I was at the Kitchen. My husband just had his lunch and left for the farm to feed the chickens. When it happened, I ran to the other room and both of us hid under the table. Everything started falling down. The shake just wouldn’t go. When it finally subsided, we both ran out and came to this field. On our way, we saw what was not meant for the eyes. When my husband finally found us, I was relieved but my heart cried for everyone else. So I asked my husband to go help. I assured him that we will be safe in the fields. And without saying a word, he ran towards the village.” (Nepaltar, Kathmandu)

“There is no food. There is no water. There is no government.” (Tudikhel, Kathmandu)

“This is the house I was born in, but today it stands empty. I am afraid to enter and so is my family. I feel sad to say that I am waiting for it to fall down. But at least there would then be a beginning to something.” (Lolang, Kathmandu)