Rani

“Is pain a promise? I was schooled in pain, And found out all I could of all desire;”
― Theodore Roethke, The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke

“The meaning of our whole life and existence is love. It is love to the family, to the children, to the motherland (the world). This phenomenon which appears complicated lies at heart of any of our behaviors. It is exactly the top priority which all of us should go after, and I am absolutely sure that we will succeed.”
― Vladimir Putin

“Writing is a form of freedom more accessible than many and there are forces at work that would like to withhold it from those whose stories most threaten the regimes that govern this society. Fuck them. Write your life. Let this book be a totem of permission, encouragement, proof, whatever you need it to be.”
― Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

“Real trauma is like a giant hunk of scar tissue that the rest of your life accommodates, grows around. 251”
― Melissa Febos, Whip Smart: A Memoir