Shehrezad

“Reading a book is quiet, clear, and organized. It's not hard. It waits until I am ready, pauses when I need a break, and is still happy to repeat. Reading absolutely never says "Just forget it" when I need clarification. It doesn't care how I pronounce the words in my head (or aloud, for that matter). It never makes me feel worse and rarely makes me feel lonely. Reading gives me the world. And that, friends, is why I read.”
― Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out – A Hilarious Guide for Book Lovers and Lifelong Readers

“Somali parents are very, very caring. I have a great deal of sympathy for them and give them extra credit. That generation left the war, left behind their homes, didn’t know what life would be, got educated, worked hard, and raised families in a new country. And then their children believe that their parents know nothing. “You don’t understand.” But they understand more than you think. Because if the situation was reversed, could the children do what their parents did?”
― Ayaan Adan, Daughters of Arraweelo: Stories of Somali Women

“I’ll aways be wondering how you are, what you’re doing, if you’re all right, if there’s anything I could do to help you. I’ll even have to wonder if you’re still alive, won’t I?”
― Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

“Borges once claimed that the basic device of all fantastic literature are only four in number: the work within the work, the contamination of reality by dream, the voyage in time, and the double”
― James E. Irby, Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings