Fatima Afridi

“no American who can’t relate to the balancing act called American democracy, a marvel of inefficiency that has somehow never quite lost us our prosperity or our freedom.”
― William Zinsser, Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All

“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 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

“We all have patterns we repeat. Learn to recognize your patterns early. Maturation is only learning to spot these patterns and having the self-discipline to make different decisions once you do. Practice will make the process faster.”
― Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning