We were not the first—or the last—to flee our country to survive. Sometimes it was because we weren’t human, but sometimes it was because we were too human—the wrong religion, during the war, or perhaps the wrong political affiliation,
“We come from the land, give our love and labor to her, and she nurtures us in return. When we die, we return to the land. In a way, she owns us. Palestine owns us and we belong to her”
― Mornings in Jenin
― Mornings in Jenin
“I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
“While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night.”
― The Dream Thieves
― The Dream Thieves
“This is the truth. You will know because it hurts.”
― The Traitor Baru Cormorant
― The Traitor Baru Cormorant
“The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
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