Sharmin Shawkat

“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“We become aware of the void as we fill it.”
― Antonio Porchia

“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“When she can't bring me to heal with scolding, she bends me to shape with guilt.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing