“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”
― The Stationery Shop
― The Stationery Shop
“Roya leaned against the shelves lined with books as Bahman talked, her back digging into the spines of poetry and politics. If he went on too long about representation and taxes and trade, she simply focused on his eyes, lost, but in the best of ways.”
― The Stationery Shop
― The Stationery Shop
“Mr. Fakhri kept the shelves stocked with Persian classics and poetry and translations of literature from all over the world.”
― The Stationery Shop
― The Stationery Shop
“He laughed. And when he did, his face opened up entirely. His eyes carried the laughter; they filled with a kindness that was breathtaking.”
― The Stationery Shop
― The Stationery Shop
“In the fog of jasmine, she kissed him. It was like landing somewhere she should have been all along, a different plane, soft and unbelievably seductive—a place completely theirs but one she’d never dared explore.”
― The Stationery Shop
― The Stationery Shop
Shruthi’s 2025 Year in Books
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