Arooj Malik

“That's when it hit me; my sunglasses were buried in the grave where my Talal lay.

Yes, my sunglasses were buried with him. But oh, how I wish my eyes had gone with him instead.”
― Zeina Kassem, Crossing

“I watched life and death unfold like a dance on the side of that road. My son was born with a bloodstained face and he died with blood from the accident covering that same face.”
― Zeina Kassem, Crossing

“you might not have been my first love
but you were the love that made
all other loves seem
irrelevant”
― Rupi Kaur

“His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay.”
― Warsan Shire