Hadeel

“Neither one of us talks, the way people sometimes don’t when they are happy – but as soon as I have this thought, I realise its opposite is also true.”
― Claire Keegan, Foster

“Mourning is a bitch. And it’s a process. You’re just not finished with it.” “That’s the point,” she said. “I think I am. At least I want to be. I am so sick and tired of waking up feeling like someone tore off one of my limbs. Every morning, for just a few seconds, I forget. I wake up and it hasn’t happened yet. There’s nothing but emptiness and calm. And then it comes crashing down and I hate it. I hate it so much.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

“The floating water vases of Zenn-La are always empty.

The methanic sulfite that causes the water to levitate is poisonous to all known species of flowers.

The mystery is then not why they are empty, but why anyone would make such a vase.”
― Tom King, The Vision, Vol. 1: Little Worse Than a Man

“You must remember,” she said, putting a bony hand on mine, “that true stories do not always end as we would wish them to. Would you like to hear the truth of what happened, or shall I make something up for you just to keep you happy?”
― Michael Morpurgo, The Butterfly Lion