Toka

“Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when there aren't any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I also know that it just so happens to be true.”
― Zach Helm, Stranger Than Fiction: The Shooting Script

“هى امرأة مُدهشة في قوتها، قادرة بلا جلبة أن تحبه و أن تثّبِّت قدميه في الأرض و تحميه كأنها ذئبة. أو كلب حراسة. أو ملاك.”
― رضوى عاشور, الطنطورية

“Early on she learned that there was no fight more hurtful than a family fight, and no family fight more hurtful than one over God.”
― Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve

“She had always suspected that even the calmest and sweetest women under stress were prone to outbursts of violence. Since she thought of herself as neither calm nor sweet, she had reckoned that her potential to lose control was considerably greater than theirs.”
― Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve