Asma Afreen

“Here’s the thing: the lessons you learn best are those you get burned by. Without the scar, there’s no evidence or strong memory.”
― Julien Smith, The Flinch

“It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
― Rumi

“I see a creative process as a necessarily thievish undertaking. Dig beneath a beautiful piece of writing, Monsieur Boustouler, and you will find all manner of dishonor. Creating means vandalizing the lives of other people, turning them into unwilling and unwitting participants. You steal their desires, their dreams, pocket their flaws, their suffering. You take what does not belong to you. You do this knowingly.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed