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“He’s…honest. With everything. His thoughts, his expressions. He’s kind. It’s a rare kindness, Layla. I’m sure he still dreams. Maybe he’s the only one who still dreams. Maybe he’s the only one in the whole city who still dreams at night. And when he looks at me, I feel…I feel like I’m being seen, and there is…there is a tiny bit of hope.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself.”
― Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

“Oh, my children. My little ones. I have such dreams for you both. The world is right, finally. For here, in this sweet, deep night, I see now that you were always two halves of a whole, two hands interlaced, two voices raised to a melody sung in time.

Bear witness, then, to the beauty of each other's lives. Bear witness and burn bright as one.

The white around me dims, a gentle embrace. My baba, his dark eyes kind, steps out of the blue. He offers a hand.
"Come now, little butterfly," he says. "Time to sleep.”
― Sabaa Tahir , All My Rage

“With all the destruction happening down there, it's so easy to forget the beauty that's up here. The sky is so beautiful after rainfall.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow