ruedah

“She was not of my body or my blood, this child. But she was of my soul.”
― Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

“It reminds me that as long as the lemon trees grow, hope will never die.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“Roya leaned against the shelves lined with books as Bahman talked, her back digging into the spines of poetry and politics. If he went on too long about representation and taxes and trade, she simply focused on his eyes, lost, but in the best of ways.”
― Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop

“His beauty would have been intimidating, but his hands told the truth”
― Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage