Shabbir Basrai

“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“Sleep came to them, quick and easy, like money to millionaires.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

“The Stoic Sage, or wise man, needs nothing but uses everything well; the fool believes himself to “need” countless things, but he uses them all badly.”
― Donald J. Robertson, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

“It was like training yourself to live on the smell of an apple alone, when what you really wanted was to devour it, to sink your teeth into it and consume it, seeds, core, and all.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere