Sandra Nadege

"Tell your story. I can see you are fighting yourself over it."

"If you cannot accept yourself, you live in a fog forever, trying to figure out who loves you or does not."

"Love yourself and if there is something you do not like about yourself, change it."

"Self-acceptance is a bittersweet remedy for many mental health issues that people face nowadays."

"I just realised that I could make a difference through something else instead of loathing myself."

"I had always loved writing and reading and so I decided to make a change."

"There are fewer chances of knowing if someone else truly accepts you."

"I was young and telling my story, baring myself."

"The crucial thing I learned is that writing is a process and one may have to do some rewriting and countless edits to get it to the level they want."

"I am more open to socialising with people, whereas I used to be a soft-spoken and quiet person."

"It takes a lot of conviction to release your thoughts and ideas to the world."

"The only thoughts we have control over are our own."

"I learned to be patient and collaborate with others."

"It is a journey that one never ends. I just have to keep on learning and growing in literature."

"It is hard to do, but the best things in the world do not come easily."

"Writing is not for the faint-hearted; one should be able to stand by their writing."

"I learned to be patient and tried to excel at things even when I did not want to."

"High school life taught me to choose my friends carefully and how to deal with my emotions as a teenager."

"There were things that I could not deem worthy of my time, but then with the situation there, there were some things I had to go through."