Bhoomika

“Success was ephemeral—and fluid—as I’d found out the hard way. It came. It went. It changed you from the outside, but not from the inside. Inside, I was still the same girl who dreamed of a destiny greater than she was allowed. Did I really need the house to prove I had skill, talent, ambition, intelligence? What if—”
― Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist

“You know what someone once told me? Secrets are like arseholes. We all have them. It’s just that some are dirtier than others.”
― C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man

“A body is not a thing. So it can't be new or used or second-hand.”
― Kim Thúy, Vi

“You don't need to have it all. You only need to figure out how much is enough.”
― Danya Kukafka, Notes on an Execution