in_mysolitude

“You asked me if you could see colours again, Salama. If we deserve to see them. I think we do. I think you can. There's too little of it in death. In pain. But that's not the only thing in the world. That's not all that Syria has. Syria was once the center of the world. Inventions and discoveries were made here; they built the world. Our history is in the Al-Zahrawi Palace, in our mosques, in our earth”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“But we weren't ready to become adults. Someone should have stopped us.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“How long did one have to live before death became a wish?”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“Something my dad says...He says you end up marrying the one you don't understand. Then you spend the rest of your life trying.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People