“O Allah keep me alive as long as is good for me, and when death is better for me, take me.”
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
“What he is really saying is this: this is how the story must end; our hearts can bear no more loss.”
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
“i had no right to claim him, i knew it. but in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth, such a constellation was he to me.”
― Circe
― Circe
“But when she was sad my world was dark. I didn’t have a choice about this. She was more powerful than I. She cried like a child, laughed like bells ringing, and her smile was the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. She could argue for hours without ever pausing. Afra loved, she hated, and she inhaled the world like it was a rose. All this was why I loved her more than life.”
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
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