aar.raj

“It is now. But a trip like this? You will find something to fill it with. A truth of your own, that you discover on your own.”
― Sara Pennypacker, Pax

“We may be either beloved or burned, but never trusted with any degree of power.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches

“Even monsters are adorable when they're little.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“I look around as people take seats in our segregated sections—South Asian, African American, Arab, Southeast Asian. East Asian and Latinx, too, though they seem to be fewer in number. Soheil was right. Everything is deliberate. Divide and conquer. We may all be Muslims, but we still have our prejudices and racism. It’s simpler to play on our internalized “-isms” if you separate us and feed our fears—easier to make us “other” ourselves and do the Director’s work for him. Today, we’re all Muslims who’ve been forced here, but maybe it wouldn’t be hard to tap into our bigotry to turn us against one another, to turn our gaze away from where our anger should really be directed. Classic colonial conquest strategy. Just ask the British.”
― Samira Ahmed, Internment