She Reads

“To understand just one life you have to swallow the world ... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child?”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Please remove your watch,' he said. 'In my domain time isn't a factor.”
― Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia