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“Success was ephemeral—and fluid—as I’d found out the hard way. It came. It went. It changed you from the outside, but not from the inside. Inside, I was still the same girl who dreamed of a destiny greater than she was allowed. Did I really need the house to prove I had skill, talent, ambition, intelligence? What if—”
― Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist

“The world owes you nothing because the universe has already given you everything.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Once we know, we’re empowered.”
― Elevia DeNobelia, Syl Sabastian

“People are more gullible and less compassionate than any of us want to believe.”
― Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist