Shorouq

“being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a gentleman is a matter of choice.”
― Srinivas Shenoy

“Every time you rip the bandages off, you just open the wound up again. Every time he sees you, it's like tearing off the bandages.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

“Kiss me until I forget how terrified I am of everything wrong with my life.”
― Beau Taplin

“If you hurt her—”
“If I hurt her, I will bring every weapon at my disposal and lay them at your feet for you to do to me what you will. If I hurt her, I will no sooner carve out my own heart than dare draw breath again.”
She was silent.
“Do you understand?” he prompted.
“You love her.”
No, he did not love her. The word for what he felt for Zafira bint Iskandar did not yet exist.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars