Patrick Tekula

“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.”
― Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden

“To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.”
― Marjane Satrapi, Embroideries

“You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I've read a book, I don't feel like I've finished anything. So I start a new one.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved