Judy

“know that there are many evenings when I feel her suddenly reading over my shoulder before walking away slowly, frowning in dissatisfaction as she looks out the window. The smell of cigarette smoke and Guerlain’s Shalimar perfume often linger long after she’s disappeared.)”
― Arianna Davis, What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly

“whenever I sit down in front of my laptop, I feel as though Frida Kahlo is watching my every keystroke. The moment I begin to type, it’s as though she is sitting across from me, frowning in an oversized armchair while she smokes a cigarette.”
― Arianna Davis, What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly

“Knowledge can be very valuable,” she said, “but only if people want it. If they don’t, it can be worse than useless.”
― Anna North, Outlawed

“Frida Kahlo was a woman of contradictions, one who loved her husband dearly while engaging in passionate extramarital affairs; one who painted her pain while insisting that she was strong; one who embraced femininity through intricate hairstyles and Revlon lipsticks while also dabbling in wearing men’s suits and enhancing her thick eyebrows and visible mustache.”
― Arianna Davis, What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly