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I tried to tell him that the bigots and the racists had always been there, and he said he’d honestly never seen them like this, that he never thought they could be like this, and I said yes, I know. I said that’s how privilege works. He
I marked this excerpt while I was reading since it seemed to hit major issues. Shirin, a hajab wearing Persian teen living immediately in a post 9/11 world, navigates bigots and racists, coming to terms with her identity, all while falling in love with Ocean, the cliched star basketball player. Touching on such sensitive subjects like Arabic speaking immigrants in America, interracial relationships, and identity, I enjoyed reading Shirin’s perspective.
“You must always look with both of your eyes and listen with both of your ears. He says this is a very big world and there are many many things you could miss if you are not careful. There are remarkable things all the time, right in front of us, but our eyes have like the clouds over the sun and our lives are paler and poorer if we do not see them for what they are. If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?”
― If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things
― If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things
“You have only to begin, Lir. Mercy breeds mercy as slaughter breeds slaughter. We can’t expect the world to be better than we make it.”
― Days of Blood & Starlight
― Days of Blood & Starlight
“We rarely find a depth by looking inside of ourselves for it. Depth is found in what we can learn from the people and things around us. Everyone, everything, has a story, Gia. When you learn those stories, you learn experiences that fill you up, that expand your understanding. You add layers to your soul.”
― The Fill-In Boyfriend
― The Fill-In Boyfriend
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