Sara Abusamaha

“لي بك ثقةٌ موثوقة، وقلبي الفتيُّ يفيضُ دموعاً . 
سأفزع إلى رحمتك عند إخفاق الأماني، وأبثّك شكوى أحزاني.
و سأبيّن لك افتقاري إلى العطف و الحنان، ثم أبكي أمامك و أنت لا تدري .”
― مي زيادة

“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“First find out what you are capable of, then decide who you are.”
― Tara Westover