Magical Women Quotes

“Can one ever outgrow the effects of her name, she wonders. Maybe we should have chosen a different one. Maybe things would then be easy. It is after all the earliest label that probably affects the development of you in ways you cannot even imagine. How your name rolls on another’s tongue. How it affects you every time it is said right. How it influences your persona when the a in your name is replaced by the sound of ohm, transforming a lovely day in spring into a bout of bohemian rapture, anxiety and breathlessness all rolled into one. Every pronunciation, right and wrong, like little blows shaping up the form and destiny of you.”
― Sukanya Venkatraghavan, Magical Women