Adeeba Shark

“Our judgments, like our watches, none
go just alike, yet each believes his own”
― Alexander Pope, An Essay On Criticism

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“We were
a mob
a gang
ghetto
a pack of wolves
animals
thugs
hoodlums
men

They were
kids
having fun
home
loved
supported
protected
full of potential
boys”
― Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations