Areeba

“I remember the way love
used to glow on my skin
before he made his way in
now every touch feels like a sin”
― Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

“My depression points to my not knowing how to lose - I have perhaps been unable to find a valid compensation for the loss. It follows that any loss entails the loss of my being - and of Being itself. The depressed person is a radical, sullen atheist.”
― Martha Manning, Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface

“There have now been many studies of elite performers—international violinists, chess grand masters, professional ice-skaters, mathematicians, and so forth—and the biggest difference researchers find between them and lesser performers is the cumulative amount of deliberate practice they’ve had. Indeed, the most important talent may be the talent for practice itself.”
― Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

“Nobody ever wants to be inconvenienced by all the things that happen to girls.”
― T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere