Tori

“I understand in some way,” she corrected. “To have words collect on your tongue, but feel as if they aren’t worth voicing. To feel as if no one wants to listen.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“My bride. My queen. My fair gazelle," he said in the barest shred of a whisper. "Cannot all three be one and the same?”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“We’re a zumra. We hunted the flame together, found the light in the darkness, but we were far from done, laa? Now we unleash it. We free the stars, shatter the darkness holding us captive, and return the world to the splendor it once was.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“Your turn. What colour do you like most?"
"You," he said so softly it was only a sound.
The intensity of his gaze stole the air from her lungs. She shook her head. "That-"
"Every colour that makes you.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars