Asmaa Egyptologist

“It’s all fucked up, Rafael. There are no good guys or bad guys. Everyone has a reason.”
― Leylah Attar, The Paper Swan

“But it’s not always enough, you know? And sometimes, it spills over because you can’t control it, because you need to make others feel your pain, your hurt, your rage, because it’s tough to walk around all scarred up, in a world full of slick billboards and bright, smiley toothpaste ads and shiny, happy people. Life’s not always fair. So suck it, lick it, stroke it, fuck it.”
― Leylah Attar, The Paper Swan

“We are sand and rock and water and sky, anchors on ships and sails in the wind. We are a journey to a destination that shifts every time we dream or fall or keep or weep. We are stars with flaws that still sparkle and shine. We always strive, always want, always have more questions than answers, but there are moments like these, full of magic and contentment, when souls get a glimpse of the divine and quite simply, lose their breath.”
― Leylah Attar, The Paper Swan

“It’s not over, you know. It never has been,” he said. “Whether you say yes or no, you will always be my forever.”
― Leylah Attar, The Paper Swan