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“In 'Why Loiter?: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets,' Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan, and Shilpa Ranade write about how a woman's right to loiter is a crucial building block for an equitable city. Another useful word--loitering. So close to littering and its suggestion of something that shouldn't be there. Loitering also brings to mind the lottery and the gamble of waiting for something to happen. The authors describe loitering as an act of pleasure-seeking that holds multiple delicious possibilities: expanding women's access to public space; transforming women's relationship with the city; reenvisioning citizenship in more inclusive terms.”
― Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

“There are always good arguments for doing new things, and, having made them all to myself, I am now beginning to see the case for doing only the things you are genuinely curious about.”
― Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

“I'm the worst person in the world"
"No, you're not." Patrick's hand came down in a fist and he hit the arm of the sofa. "You're not the best person in the world either, which is what you really think. You're the same as everybody else. But that's harder for you, isn't it. You'd rather be one or the other. The idea that you might be ordinary is unbearable.”
― Meg Mason, Sorrow and Bliss

“I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time.”
― Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel