Shy

“i love myself.'

the
quietest.
simplest.
most
powerful.
revolution.
ever.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“expect sadness
like
you expect rain.
both,
cleanse you.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“I realized that I belonged neither to the Hindus nor to the Mussalmans. How could I explain to my wife that while the Brahmins lived on offerings made to their gods, the Rajputs and the Jats had their lands, Aheers and the Gujars their cattle, the Banias their shops, all that the poor Kayasthas had were their brains and their reed pens! And the only people who could pay for their brains and their pens were the rulers who were Muslims!”
― Khushwant Singh, Delhi: A Novel

“A Disability Justice framework understands that all bodies are unique and essential, that all bodies have strengths and needs that must be met.”
― Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice