Ayesha U

“I was the kid who made a beeline for the library when the last bell rang, but also harder, because how do you define yourself against such an identity? On what grounds? With what confidence?”
― Haroon Moghul, How to Be a Muslim: An American Story

“That’s what he always used to say to me. Don’t expect me to be sane, Anna. Not with you.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

“Writing was the solution to every problem—financial, emotional, intellectual. It had kept me company when I was a lonely child. It gave me an excuse to go places I would otherwise be unlikely to venture. It satisfied the edict my mother had issued many times throughout my life: “You have to make your own living; you never want to be dependent on a man.”
― Ariel Levy, The Rules Do Not Apply

“We want a mate who feels like family and a lover who is exotic, surprising.”
― Ariel Levy, The Rules Do Not Apply