about.

long story short

I made this for me first.

I was wondering: what sentences actually changed something and brought me here?

So I went through years of texts, DMs, voice notes, emails, notebooks — and pulled out the ones that actually made a difference.

Not quotes. Not advice. Real things said by real people.
My dad, friends, lovers, strangers...
The ones that worked in life, not in theory.

I put them in a book. On perforated pages you tear out, keep, or pass on.

The same way they were passed to me.

But — if you want the long version, it really begins with a candle in a bar during a solo trip to Berlin.

A black outdoor wall with a small window is situated in front of an apartment building in Berlin, Germany. The apartment building has multiple balconies, some with satellite dishes and plants. The scene appears to be in late fall or winter, with bare

Cold Berlin
January 7th

Very first Sunday of 2024 — a solo trip

View from a train station platform in a city, showing train tracks curving into the distance, with colorful residential buildings and leafless trees on a cloudy day.

I was at the counter ready to leave but ordered one last drink.

I move away and sit down.

While waiting,
on my table, under a candle I find a fortune cookie note.

A lit candle on a small, rustic holder with a curved handle, casting warm light in a dark environment. A small piece of paper with text in both German and English is placed below the holder.better to light a candle than to complain about darkness.

It reads: better to light a candle than complain about darkness.

5 months later pieces started to come together.

For some reason, you are here —

and so much had to happen for you to be here.

So I decided to recreate this experience for other people.

A book with detachable pages.


A book that belongs to no one.

A book that finds you.

Black crumpled piece of paper floating on a plain white background. petits-sacrifices-oracle book-photo-carl-diner
A desk with a calculator, empty glasses, notebooks, and handwritten notes. A yellow wall with a chart. A map showing Berlin, Germany, with a location pin.

I’m glad I found you, it’s in your hands now.

get yours