Cozy Reading Times

“Feeling lost is not a reason to have kids," the wise and prescient boy tells her. "It's not fair to them."
What neither says-but both know to be true—is that the girl is the kind of creature who has never seen the world as fair and, therefore, she was not required to be.”
― Betty Shamieh, Too Soon

“Vitrine would have shouted curses at him again, but their eyes locked, and suddenly she no longer needed the words. A piece of herself, some dark and deadly and spiteful piece, flew from her and into his eyes, making her a part of him, and for a second time in as many seconds, he flinched in shock. His face was bloody, and her curse would live inside for as long as he would last, which was to say, she would live inside him forever.”
― Nghi Vo, The City in Glass

“To act onstage is to revel in the slipperiness of life, to be yourself and not yourself at the same time. It's the one time you can take two journeys at once.”
― Betty Shamieh, Too Soon

“Some won't want to root for a Palestinian chick wrestling with the best white culture has to offer, miffed that I dare to stage their tragedies as if they were comedies.”
― Betty Shamieh, Too Soon