Aishwarya

“All these years they’ve been like two little plants sharing the same plot of soil, growing around one another, contorting to make room, taking certain unlikely positions. But in the end she has done something for him, she’s made a new life possible, and she can always feel good about that.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“This part of the story is about the gaze and what it felt like in my body to look at someone who looked back at me, to see and be seen. All I wanted was to be seen.”
― Alisson Wood

“Deep down I wanted some kind of change. Any change, whether good or bad, would be better than the state of impasse I was in now.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

“What were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous