Lillian McCulloch

“To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply.”
― Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

“Where the king gives his heart, he gives it completely.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief

“I don't know how my mom was so unstoppable despite all that stuff happening. I dunno. Maybe it's anticipation. Hope. The anticipation that the God who listens in love will one day speak justice. The hope that some final fantasy will come to pass that will make everything sad untrue.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

“The trick is to go back and never do the devil's work for him. Make them break your flowerpots with their own hands.”
― Daniel Nayeri, The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story