Fatima Afridi

“It was a total blind spot. I’d been sitting on my hands. I could feel the clouds parting as my mentor went on.”
― Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning

“she returned full of talk about the streets, wondering at sights which others would not notice and seeing beauty in strange places.”
― Pearl S. Buck, East Wind: West Wind: The Saga of a Chinese Family

“It’s not just that you internalize the shame; rather, it becomes you. You no longer need the people at school telling you not to dress like that; you already do it to yourself.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

“the answers to some of the most profound questions can only be revealed during the expedition. Those first risky, wobbly steps will require some heart and your humility.”
― Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning