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To any brown girl who has ever felt unwelcome in the pages of her favorite book. You deserve love, magic, and wonder. And to my parents, for always supporting me—even when I didn’t want to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer.
“It is not a weakness to be seen”
― The Poet Empress
― The Poet Empress
“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
― The Elsewhere Express
― The Elsewhere Express
“Libraries are full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― The Astral Library
― The Astral Library
“It is true, he has suffered, but if everyone who suffered became monsters, the world would be overrun with them.”
― The Poet Empress
― The Poet Empress
“He never managed to articulate what it was he didn’t know, but I knew his meaning. I don’t know how much suffering is normal.
How much was ordinary, expected, the price we paid to live.
How much was created by us, needless.”
― The Poet Empress
How much was ordinary, expected, the price we paid to live.
How much was created by us, needless.”
― The Poet Empress
South Asian Literature
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For readers around the world interested in literature from or about South Asia! Countries of interest include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhut ...more
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