Saila

“From the time we’re little girls, we’re taught to fear the bad man who might get us. We’re terrified of being raped, abused, even killed by the bad man, but the problem is, you can’t tell the good ones from the bad ones, so you have to be wary of them all. We’re told not to go out by ourselves late at night, not to dress a certain way, not to talk to male strangers, not to lead men on. We take self-defense classes, keep our doors locked, carry pepper spray and rape whistles. The fear of men is ingrained in us from girlhood. Isn’t that a form of terrorism?”
― Sarai Walker, Dietland

“she likes that and I like it too because to/make a thing true all you've/got to do is believe”
― Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

“In the storm-lit darkness, the beaded sweat and raindrops on her arm were like so many glittering stars, and her skin was like a span of night sky.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“Prisons are the temples where devils learn to prey.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram