Noa

“Come on, bro, we have to get out of here— This isn’t a fair fight—”
-Kenji Kishimoto

“You go,” he says, clutching his side. “Go find Nazeera, and then find the other kids. I’ll be fine.”
-Aaron Warner

“You’re not going to be fine,” I hiss. “She’s going to kill you.”
-Kenji Kishimoto

“That’s fine, too.”
-Aaron Warner”
― Taherah Mafi

“I don't even realize he's pulled me into his arms until I'm nestled against his chest and I don't fight it. I don't fight it at all. I cling to him because I need this warmth, I miss feeling strong arms around me and I'm only just beginning to realize how quickly I came to rely on the healing properties of an excellent hug.
How desperately I've missed this.
And he just holds me. He smooths back my hair, he runs a gentle hand down my back, and I hear his heart beat a strange, crazy beat that sounds far too fast to be human.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“In those moments, in the space between frantic heartbeats, Roz was no longer just his earth. She was his universe, his sun, the atmosphere from which he drew breath.”
― M.K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints

“How strange it was, to be alive. To feel at once important and so incredibly insignificant.”
― M.K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints