Fatema > Fatema's Quotes

“Even a beast is capable of love. Of being loved," she countered "The Lion made your father cruel. Necessity made your mother lie. Pain fueled Kulsum's manipulation. No matter what Altair has become now, he loved you before. Kifah loves you. I-"
He stilled. He didn't even dare draw breath.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“If he's the darkness, then you're his moon, and the moon wasn't made to be caged.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“I'm sorry," he whispered, and though they were two short words that could be meaningless, she knew they were anything but. Not from him. Not from the boy who rarely spoke at all, making each word he uttered worth a thousand from anyone else.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“But there was a cloth in his mouth, woven from fear and suppression.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“Darkness doesn’t need to be destroyed. We need the dark as much as we need light. It makes us bold, as much as it makes us afraid.” She smiled.
“Darkness needs only to be tamed.”
“Tame me,” he said in desperation. Shadows bled from his fingers.
Marry me. Love me. Be with me.
“Be mine, wholly and utterly.”
She lifted an eyebrow. “What if I want you to be mine?”
“Fair gazelle, jewel of my soul, I was already yours. I’ve changed for you. I’ve—”
“But I like you just the way you are,” she whispered. “Scarred, deadly, and
beautiful.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

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“Please,” he whispered and begged.
His compass. His queen. His life. “Don’t
go.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“Why?” she asked in a broken voice. “Why is everyone so eager to leave me?”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“He didn’t want to be another moment stolen from a thousand. He wanted every sunrise and every crescent moon. He wanted to be the reason for every rare blush, the cause of every breathless sigh.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“Nasir said nothing, but when the boy snuck a glance up at him, he couldn't help it: He smiled.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“If you want me obedient, prince, kill me and carry my corpse.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“If I told you my name, would you bow?” His voice was soft. A melancholy caress. He lifted his chin when understanding dawned on her face. “Or would you flee?”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“He was a mess of scars like the sky was a mess of stars.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“He would not fear the darkness. He was the darkness.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“People lived because she killed.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“People died because he lived.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“He was a mess of scars like the sky was a mess of stars. (...) For that was what scars were, weren’t they? A remembrance of moments dark.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Men can be such beautiful trash,”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“That was life, wasn't it? A collection of moments, a menagerie of people. Everyone stranded everywhere, always.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“A life without purpose is no life at all.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Tell me, why do you hunt?"
"For my people. To feed them." Zafira said.
"No one can be that pure.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“You are the compass in the storm, the guide in the dark. You will always find your way”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Death will be her companion. He's kept her safe all this time. Why stop now?”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Congratulations, Huntress. You're officially a murderer. Welcome to the club.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“I once loved”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“You and I are strangers, Huntress. Allies by circumstance. We may leave Sharr and never think of each other again. But in this moment, we are two souls, marooned beneath the moon, hungry and alone, adrift in the current of what we do not understand. We hunt the flame, the light in the darkness, the good this world deserves. You are like Tamin. You remind me that hope is not lost.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“The brush of lips against the back of her neck.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Altair adjusted his turban, a gleam in his eyes. 'I'm big enough to keep anyone busy for a while.'
Nasir gagged and Kifah sputtered.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“In the silence, the shards of Zafira's heart crumbled.
Fell.
Wept.
Drowned.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“It means where we plant our feet is where we must hold up the sky. We live and die by the rules of the land we live in. But this country belongs to all of us! We make our own sky, and we can hold it up—together.”
― Hanna Alkaf, The Weight of Our Sky

“It’s not Malays killing Chinese or Chinese killing Malays. It’s stupid people killing stupid people.”
― Hanna Alkaf, The Weight of Our Sky