Deirdre Megan Byrd

“When I leave, it won’t be easy. It’s going to shred my heart to ribbons and all the pieces will be scattered along Syria’s shore, with the cries of my people haunting me till the day I die.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“Darkness and I were friends. His fear was so palpable I could taste it. It was like an acrid tang in the air that danced on my tongue, and I reveled in the shivers it sent down my body.”
― S.K. Pryntz, Shattered Reflections

“Some are born for peopling; I was born for anything that doesn’t include that.”
― Rina Kent, Vicious Prince

“We held our heads high and planted lemon trees in acts of defiance, praying that when they came for us, it’d be a bullet to the head. Because that was far more merciful than what awaited in the bowels of their prison system.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow