Nadhirah

“Maybe we give other names to grief because we are too scared to call it by its name.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“Good enough for whom? For people who are trapped in a life that is not of their own making? Surely you can see that they merely want you to be trapped with them, so they will feel less alone in their emptiness. Be careful, Martha, you’ll become blind to your own value if you keep looking through the eyes of the bourgeoisie!”
― Evie Woods, The Lost Bookshop

“Some things stay with you, haunt you. Some embers nestle into your skin.”
― Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop

“At the end of the day, we all remember for the same reason we try to forget: to survive in a world that neither understands nor values us.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees