Noura

“Whatever pronouns a person chooses, if they choose any at all, are their right. Not a fucking preference,”
― Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath

“I grieve. Yet know the
vanity of grief.”
― Robert Hayden

“Read everything you can push into your skull. Read your mother’s diary. Read Assata. Read everything Gloria Steinem and bell hooks write. Read all of the poems your friends leave in your locker. Read books about your body written by people who have bodies like yours. Read everything that supports your growth as a vibrant, rebel girl human. Read because you’re tired of secrets.”
― Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath

“Draw every bad word you’ve ever called yourself on your body. Stand in the shower and pay attention to the way the words turn back into ink and disappear down the drain.”
― Iain S. Thomas, How to be Happy: Not a Self-Help Book. Seriously