Fatima Afridi

“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

“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

“An artist spends their whole life trying to get back to the place where their heart was first opened up. —SOME GENIUS”
― 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