Natasha

“She had held a pear in her hand and she had eaten it skin and all. She had eaten the stem and she had eaten its seeds and she had eaten its core, and the hunger still sat in her like an open maw. She thought: I can hold you and find that I still miss your body. She thought: I can listen to you speak and still miss the sound of your voice.”
― Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep

“There isn’t a version of me that could’ve looked away from you.”
― Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep

“I live more in my head than anywhere else.”
― Sabahattin Ali, Madonna in a Fur Coat

“I shall hide it all away, in a place no one will ever find. Everything, everything. But especially my soul.”
― Sabahattin Ali (Urdu Translation Huma Anwar), Madonna In a Fur Coat