Sameem Ahmadzai

“Queer' not as being about who you're having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but 'queer' as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.”
― bell hooks

“You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.”
― Desmond Tutu, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

“if you quote this, you can be the first person to quote someone quoting someone quoting himself quoting someone”
― Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

“I don't know if the universe has a purpose, but I would say that there is something more to it, in the sense that the presence of conscious beings is probably something deeper, not just not random. [quoting Roger Penrose]”
― Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions