Haya

“No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but words will stab and stay”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“We are not broken things, neither of us. We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

“I keep sniffing my skin, pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to smell like a flower. I've never smelled like anything before.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I'm so scared that if I move even an inch, my body will snap in half and everyone will see that my insides are made up of nothing but all the tears I'm swallowing back right now.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me