Eclipse Iris

“War changed people. It created cowardice and bravery and produced legends.”
― Susan Abulhawa, The Blue Between Sky and Water

“I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find it in places you weren't even looking. But the original wound would never heal. I would carry it with me forever, and so would Tara. That was the trick . . . accepting it, going on with your life, knowing it was part of you.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Smooth Talking Stranger

“My teta hung the sky every morning, like a sapphire sheet on a clothesline pirouetting in the breeze”
― Susan Abulhawa, The Blue Between Sky and Water

“carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis