Sophia

“how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“he placed his hands
on my mind
before reaching
for my waist
my hips
or my lips
he didn't call me
beautiful first
he called me
exquisite

- how he touches me”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“Did you know, ji,’ Zulu offered, ‘that the map of Tolkien’s Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst.”
― Salman Rushdie, East, West

“The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words