Mariyam

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.”
― Jean Shepherd

“Relearn astonishment.”
― Elias Canetti

“Hallie and I... were all there was. The image in the mirror that proves you are still here. We had exactly one sister apiece. We grew up knowing the simple arithmetic of scarcity: A sister is more precious than an eye.”
― Barbara Kingsolver