Pallavi Juneja

“Desire consumes you, it takes you over. You forget yourself completely. All you can think about is the other, the one you desire, your self is just a fire.”
― Marilyn French, Her Mother's Daughter

“A man wants his virility regarded. A woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. [Here] one is respected and judged only as a human being. It is an appalling experience.”
― Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord."

"It might to keep it open.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall