7 Quotes by Sabina Khan

Apparently, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single Bengali girl of marrying age must be in want of a husband.

So what if he's gay. That is not the end of the world. Nowadays even in Bangladesh there are activists fighting for the rights of gay people. Times are changing and we have to change with them.Meena, we cannot only think about what people will say all the time.

We are who we are. No one can change that. Just like we cannot change whom we love.

We must be the masters of our own destinies. I did not learn that until it was too late. You have to fight to take back control of your life. Sometimes you will hurt the ones you love the most. But in the end, it will always have to be your choice.

I realized that this was all she ever wanted. A daughter who would follow the rules, grow up, and marry a suitable man. Who she could play dress up with, like she was now. But I was not a doll and I was not who she wanted me to be. That part hurt the most. That she would go to all these lengths to prove she was right but not even try to understand who I really was and what made me happy.

A lethargy took over and I just wanted to sleep the time away. I stared listlessly at the ceiling, trying to remember the last time I’d felt normal, just carefree and happy. It should have frightened me but instead, I felt an intense longing to close my eyes and never open them again. It was so much easier this way. I felt nothing, no pain or yearning.

I was who I was, and I would not be erased.