Mofe

“You did not carry yourself
away from pain
to become pain itself.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

“Stop the idea that a woman’s beauty is for a man’s gaze, that you have the right to touch her. This idea that she must smile and accept unwanted approaches even when she is clearly uncomfortable. Just because you call a woman beautiful does not mean you have the right to behave like her beauty belongs to you. There are women healing from scars gotten from men who have called them beautiful yet offered them pain. The beauty of a woman is hers and hers alone. There are triggers for some women, respect this and know this. The beauty of a woman is hers and hers alone”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road: The Original Scroll

“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.”
― Leo Tolstoy