Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.

Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy

Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.

Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat.

My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.

It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.

I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.

Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.

Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys, and sometimes the men, they come with hammers.

You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

With you, intimacy colors my voice. Even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'.

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

Every day we make the whole world new... Or else grow old.

Pickpocket is a sink-or-swim profession, not something that can be taught in the comfort of your living room.

You deserve good sperm. You’ve waited a long time.

Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.

The world sums you up by the clothes that you wear, and treats you accordingly.

Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.

Hell is everything. Heaven is nothing.

The problem for the King is just how strict The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law And discipline should be in school and state.

Every good educator knows that true teaching is to teach kids how to ask the right questions.