Khadija ✿

“Fuck being cool and fuck being chill. If the reward for being the coolest girl in the room is a sliver of attention from the world’s most mediocre men then i would happily commit to never being cool and never being chill.”
― Drew Afualo, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

“Remember: nothing scares a man more than a woman who knows she does not need him.”
― Drew Afualo, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

“Some people may say I’m being contrarian, but I say better to be contrarian than die a thousand little deaths of disrespect.”
― Drew Afualo, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

“Because I can’t talk? Because I can’t tell you how fucking breathtaking you are every second of every day? Because I can’t breathe without being near you? Someone like me… I’m different—I can’t be normal for you. I can’t defend you without using my fists or my bat, and I can’t touch you at the same time as telling you that you’re everything to me. I can’t whisper sweet nothings into your mouth and I can’t fucking marry you because not only am I your brother, but I’m defective.”
― Leigh Rivers, Little Stranger