Ahmed, Sara

"To be happy is to be oriented toward certain things."

"The world does not come in neat categories."

"We are all queered by our experiences."

"Fragmentation is a condition of contemporary life."

"The archive is always incomplete."

"Orientation is a matter of repetition and habit."

"We are shaped by what we avoid."

"Happiness is a collective affair."

"The body keeps the score."

"We must learn to feel differently."

"Racism shapes the world we inherit."

"The line between inside and outside is blurred."

"To be moved is to be affected, to be changed."

"We are all strangers in some sense."

"The straight world is also queer."

"We must attend to the details."

"Happiness requires work."

"The world is made of relations, not things."

"We are implicated in the violence we inherit."

"Orientation is about what we are drawn toward."

"The child learns through touch and proximity."

"We must be willing to be touched."

"Affect is political."

"The straight path is not the only way."

"We are all made strange by the world."

"Happiness is a matter of orientation, of direction."

"The world leaves its traces on our bodies."

"We must attend to what is felt, not just what is said."

"Disorientation is sometimes necessary."

"We are shaped by the objects we encounter."