Abeer Abdalla

“Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she's aware of this now, while it's happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“I'm going to travel with my camera. Take pictures of the earth and sky and everything in-between. You could come with me.'

I laughed. 'And do what?'

He shrugged. 'Be the in-between.”
― Jamie McGuire, All the Little Lights

“This is what love does. In the stories, love healed your wounds, fixed what was broken, allowed you to go on. But love wasn’t a spell, some kind of benediction to be whispered, a balm or a cure-all. It was a single, fragile thread, which grew stronger through connection, through shared hardship and trust.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“I think the biggest mistake I made was not to see that the imperfect reality was worth so much more than the perfect dream.”
― Fiona Valpy, Sea of Memories