Simant Verma

“I fall asleep dreaming of me in the big top, balancing on the static trapeze to the sound of Vas's violin.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Harley in the Sky

“I only wish my parents could see what this means to me.
What it would mean to hold a dream in my palm, press it tight against my heart, and never let it go.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Harley in the Sky

“I don't know. It kind of sucks not knowing for sure, because when I explain it to people, they just look at me like I'm making it up. But if someone has a diagnosis and medication? Then it's 'legitimate'. And don't get me wrong, those things are super important for a lot of people. But I feel like associating legitimacy with a formal diagnosis sometimes leaves people behind--people like me, whose families really frown on anything to do with therapy and meds, or people who have found their own ways of coping with it, or people who can't afford it. It doesn't mean they don't still feel what they feel--they just don't have the privilege of being told by someone with a degree what they're allowed to call it. Shouldn't the focus be on what we're feeling rather than what box we can neatly fit ourselves into?”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Harley in the Sky

“Maybe it's the whole concept of a guilty pleasure," Neil says gently. "Why should we feel guilty about something that brings us - pleasure?”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow