“I don't mind pushing my body to test my balance. I don't want to push my mind back to where the accident led me.” — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“Nothing else fills me with as much elation as chasing down soaring music, catching and pinning rhythms to the ground with my feet, proud… — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“Chandra told me once about absolute zero, a temperature cold enough to bring the universe to a standstill. My heart feels like it's at… — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“I take a step down into the space where light is an enemy but not even darkness shrouds my terror.” — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“My skin tingles as I step into the music, give in to the icy thrill of pleasure that spreads through me whenever I dance,… — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“Dance isn’t about winning or losing,” he says, “it’s about enjoying how your body moves.” I” — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“I shake my head. It was all me. My mistake. I read too much into everything. Dreamed, imagined, and let my thoughts get as… — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“I want to tell the nurses no scale can measure the pain of my dreams dancing beyond reach.” — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“I lean into his touch. He looks shy and almost as scared as I was just feeling. I burst out laughing. Never imagined we'd… — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
“Because friendship is about laughing when the other person is joking to make you feel better. Even if you don’t find her joke all… — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
