Teresa

“It’s come to shape the way I think about every country, every community: Whose nonexistence is necessary to the self-conception of this place, and how uncontrollable is the rage whenever that nonexistence is violated?”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Yes,” he said, “intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Dawn

“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights