Anushree

“Nobody ever sings like that in Paradise, voice swinging like ripe fruit you can pick and put in your mouth and taste its sweetness.”
― NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

“She says it's the least we can do because we are all dirty sinners and we are the ones for whom Jesus Christ gave his life, but what I know is that i myself wasn't there when it all happened, so how can i be a sinner?”
― 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