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“I listen to them talk in a language I've never heard before. I don't have to understand everything. The blue-violet voices wind around me, protecting me from my fear. I am covered with a think rind of safety, like an orange.”
― Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

“It's really hard to put into words things that are just a little bit not okay.”
― Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

“I would live your life so much better than you, if I had your face.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face

“First, parents are not intermediaries between God and children. Secondly, all children are to come to God's truth as individual moral agents independent of, and if necessary, even in conflict with the views of their parents. Finally, even if children are expected to disobey erring parents, they are simultaneously reminded to care for and be fair to them.”
― Asma Barlas, Believing Women in Islam: A Brief Introduction