Pallavi Tangirala

“we realize that we seldom stick with books we are not interested in. Our motivation wanes, our minds wander, and we inevitably end up abandoning the text.”
― Gail Boushey, The CAFE. Book

“Mariam wondered how so many women could suffer the same miserable luck, to have married, all of them, such dreadful men.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Leadership, for me, is investing in the people you hope to lead, supporting them through their tough times, connecting with them at a personal level, encouraging them to learn and grow, and having the humility to learn from them. ♦”
― Naina Lal Kidwai, 30 Women in Power: Their Voices Their Stories

“that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns