Anushree

“You think watching on BBC means you know what is going on? No, you don't, my friend, it's the wound that knows the texture of the pain; it's us who stayed here feeling the real suffering, so it's us who have a right to even say anything about that or anything and anybody, she says.”
― NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

“There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix it.”
― NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

“Nobody thinks of protecting others from themselves. It's the people who claim concern and love who damage us the most.”
― Faiqa Mansab, This House of Clay and Water

“It’s a long time ago that I lost my faith in Mary, a long time since she was the fulcrum of the scheme of salvation I then believed in, alongside Jesus the chief redeemer. But I find that the symbolism of mercy and love which her figure has traditionally expressed has migrated and now shapes secular imagery and events; Catholic worship and moral teaching no longer monopolize it or control its significance.”
― Marina Warner, Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary