Mitushi Pandey

“If we are all bad women, then patriarchy had better watch out.”
― Nivedita Menon, Seeing Like a Feminist

“..a man who expresses sorrow publicly by crying would be humiliated by the taunt, 'Auraton jaise ro rahe ho?' (Why are you crying like a woman?) And who does not remember that stirring line of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan's--'Khoob ladi mardani, woh toh Jhansi wali rani thi.' (Bravely she fought, the Rani of Jhansi/Like a man she did fight). What does this line mean? Even when it is a woman who has shown bravery, it still cannot be understood as a 'feminine quality'. Bravery is seen as a masculine virtue no matter how many women may display it or how few men.”
― Nivedita Menon, Seeing Like a Feminist

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully, if only you were interested in them.”
― Sylvia Plath, Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts