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“The sky grows dark
The black over blue
Yet the stars still dare
To shine for you”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Why did I remember only his disappointment in me?
Did I ever get to know who he was becoming?
Did I try?”
― Pik-Shuen Fung, Ghost Forest

“One of the reasons Ayaan said she loves being Muslim is because it makes her feel like a natural feminist. "Like hello? Our queen Khadija didn't wait for the man she had her eye on to ask her, to get on his knees. Nope. Instead, she said, 'I like you, oh employee of mine. Will you marry me?' And then, after they hitched, she just kept her job as his boss. Mad respect.”
― S.K. Ali, Love from A to Z

“And now here we were, almost a thousand years later, still doing it. Trying to make sense of what was happening around us. Maybe that's what life is, really.”
― S.K. Ali, Love from A to Z