7 Quotes by Danila Botha

There’s something about her, I remember thinking, a little mysterious. I tried to absorb the feeling for as long as I could before I went back to work. I tried not to think about it. Feelings throw everything off.

The joy I’m feeling is too intense to express.I don’t know what’ll happen next month, or even next week. What I know is that we both want to try.

I hate all the worry about what someone else is feeling, this crippling insecurity, this tightness in my chest.

I don’t understand what’s wrong with being whoever I want to be, especially when it feels truer sometimes than who people think I actually am.

There’s something electric about someone believing you’re the real deal.

I love the grime, the real-life feel of things, the mix of dollar stores and libraries, high school students and prostitutes, little kids and dealers. What I like most about my Parkdale neighbourhood is that I can disappear.

What I’ve learned is, what people want is to tell someone, anyone, their problems.