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“I've never done grey before, but I suspect it's one of those things that, tried once, you can never resile from.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, When Michael Met Mina

“Maybe you only get one chance at meeting somebody who really gets inside you, wakes corners of your mind and heart that you didn't know were asleep.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, The Lines We Cross

“At [my old school], when teachers stood up to address us in assemblies, it was to urge us to study hard, stay focused, remain resilient, set goals, seek support. If there was a “leader,” she was the exception, not the norm.
Listening to [the adults here], I wonder if things would be different if we spent thirteen years being told that we were born to lead, and that the only thing that would ever hold us back would be a limited imagination.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, When Michael Met Mina

“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce