Kiran

“I can dance beauty into my body”
― Padma Venkatraman, A Time to Dance

“Marriage is between two people. There is no studio audience.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

“She knew she had to teach them how to love themselves, that this was the only way they had a chance at happiness. Only she didn't see how she could when the world pressed shame into women like pillows into their faces. She wanted to save her daughters from her fate, but she couldn't seem to find a way out.”
― Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man

“There should be a word for this, the way it feels to steal something that’s already yours.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage