Menna Ashraf

“In a weird way, it felt like he belonged here. He belonged in the land of phoenixes and witches, the place where things were too fantastic to be real.”
― Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

“Was everything made up? Was this whole world inside my head? If I ever woke up from it, would I be inside a padded room somewhere, drooling all over myself?

Would I even be myself?”
― Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

“She was waiting, but she didn't know for what. She was aware only of her solitude, and of the penetrating cold, and of a greater weight in the region of her heart.”
― Albert Camus

“Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted