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§ The wall · 20,084 letters · 194 countries

The wall of strangers.

A reading room of letters left by people you'll never meet. Every one was posted blind — nobody knew what came before them.

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KEfrom a stranger in Kenya
“The best advice I ever got was from a taxi driver in Nairobi: 'Do not rush. The road doesn't care.'”
556 days ago
SGfrom a stranger in Singapore
“I quit my corporate job today. My hands haven't stopped shaking but my heart feels like it just exhaled for the first time in years.”
549 days ago
EGfrom a stranger in Egypt
“Kindness isn't weakness. I had to learn that the hard way in a world that rewards being harsh.”
543 days ago
ESfrom a stranger in Spain
“I said I love you first and they said it back. Vulnerability is terrifying and completely worth it.”
535 days ago
ARfrom a stranger in Argentina
“There are 8 billion people on this planet and somehow one of them is reading my words right now.”
528 days ago
ITfrom a stranger in Italy
“I started growing tomatoes on my balcony. Nothing fancy. But eating something I grew myself changed something in me.”
521 days ago
SEfrom a stranger in Sweden
“If you're going through something invisible — mental health, quiet grief, slow burnout — you are not invisible to me.”
514 days ago
PTfrom a stranger in Portugal
“I've been reading to my blind grandfather every evening. He remembers every word better than I do.”
497 days ago
ZAfrom a stranger in South Africa
“Stop waiting until you're ready. You get ready by doing. That's the whole secret.”
490 days ago
THfrom a stranger in Thailand
“I used to chase happiness. Now I just try to stay present. The happiness started finding me.”
484 days ago
IEfrom a stranger in Ireland
“Wrote my first novel. It's terrible. I'm so proud of it I could burst.”
474 days ago
NZfrom a stranger in New Zealand
“Some days are just maintenance days. You survive them and that's enough. Tomorrow is a new one.”
447 days ago
KEfrom a stranger in Kenya
“I forgive you. I never told you, but I do.”
562 days ago
ISfrom a stranger in Iceland
“The sound of rain at 3am is a love letter from the sky.”
595 days ago
ESfrom a stranger in Spain
“Tell your mother you love her today. Mine is gone.”
623 days ago
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