Ahmed

“I want to laugh one of those strange, high-pitched, delusional laughs that signals the end of a person's sanity. Because this world, I think, has a terrible, terrible sense of humor. It always seems to be laughing at me. at my expense. making my life entirely more complicated all the time. Ruining all of my best-laid plans by making every choice so difficult. Making everything so confusing.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“It turns out that sharing the past with someone is different from reliving it when you're alone. It feels less like a wound, more like a poultice.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller

“How do you do it?" I ask softly, and I'm no longer asking just about her and Josef but about myself as well. "How do you get up every morning and not remember?”
― Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller

“This was my miserable choice. I brought it upon myself.”
― Tahereh Mafi