Shehrezad

“Reading a book is quiet, clear, and organized. It's not hard. It waits until I am ready, pauses when I need a break, and is still happy to repeat. Reading absolutely never says "Just forget it" when I need clarification. It doesn't care how I pronounce the words in my head (or aloud, for that matter). It never makes me feel worse and rarely makes me feel lonely. Reading gives me the world. And that, friends, is why I read.”
― Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

“Be the cactus, a proof of unsubmission, and blossom amidst the fiercest environment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Mika had a lump in her throat. She had never felt so welcomed and included, so much a part of something, and she couldn’t rid herself of a lifelong fear that it was too good to be true. That any minute now, like every person who had flashed in and out of her adolescence, they would decide she was too something or not enough of something else and snatch away their welcome.”
― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

“Take charge of your inner world by destroying the limitations caused by the outer distractions.”
― Hiral Nagda