Kayla Rose

“There's no such thing as hideously ordinary. If something is hideous, it's automatically extraordinary. In a hideous way.”
― Libba Bray, Lair of Dreams

“There is no greater power on this earth than story. People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense--words do.”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“Here, that food is Middle Eastern food. Baguettes are French food. Spaghetti is Italian food. Pizza is both American and Italian, depending on which restaurant you go to. Every food has a label. It is sorted and assigned. Just like I am no longer a girl. I am a Middle Eastern girl. A Syrian girl. A Muslim girl. Americans love labels. They help them know what to expect. Sometimes, though, I think labels stop them from thinking.”
― Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

“A memory is its own thing each time it's recalled. It's not absolute. Stories based on actual events often share more with fiction than fact. Both fictions and memories are recalled and retold. They're both forms of stories. Stories are the way we learn. Stories are how we understand each other. But reality happens only once.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things