Alice

“If you only knew how difficult it is to be calm and composed. If you only knew, it takes a fierce fight inside to remain peaceful on the outside.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

“I should have said it again, that her embroidery was more special than any desk job could be, that she was an artist, that western images of professional women don't have to apply to us, that concepts of respectability and modernity are manufactured.”
― Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World

“Still, humans were humans. They wanted you to know their opinions about your body, even if you hadn’t asked.”
― Annalee Newitz, Automatic Noodle

“Cousins, friends, books, songs, poems, trees…anything that brings meaning into our lives counts.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky