mariam obeidat

“We're killers, all of us: We kill our lives, our past selves, the things that mattered. We bury them under slogans and excuses.”
― Lauren Oliver, Requiem

“The second time my world exploded, it was also
because of a word. A word that worked its way out of my
throat and danced onto and out of my lips before I could
think about it, or stop it.
The question was: Will you meet me tomorrow?
And the word was: Yes.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Of course. That's what people do in a disordered world, a world of freedom and choice: they leave when they want. They disappear, they come back, they leave again. And you are left to pick up the pieces on your own.”
― Lauren Oliver, Requiem

“I'll find you," he says, watching me with the eyes I remember. "I won't let you go again”
― Lauren Oliver, Requiem