“Light doesnt always keep the dark things away, Nyx said.”

“Men did not like women to weep. It reminded them of their own failings.”

“We worship the same God and we carry the same sins.”

“What were all of them, really, but bits of something else? Bits of stars?”

“Ahmed turned, and leaned into him. Kissed him on the mouth again.Im pretty fucked up, Eshe said.Its a good thing Im perfect, then.”

“And there is good money to be made when things are bad.”

“I'm not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I'm not sure that I want to wake up.”

“I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny...”

“No one compares to you, but there's no you, except in my dreams tonight.”

“The belief that we are deficient and unworthy makes it difficult to trust that we are truly loved”

“The suffering of a loved one was in many ways worse than one's one suffering because it left one feeling so very helpless.”

“Be still and know you are loved Feel the arms of the universeRocking you to its steady hum.”

“We are contemporary citizens living in a technological world. Swimming in crosscultural waters can be dangerous, and if you are honest you can't stay there very long. Sooner or later you have to lo...”

“Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun”

“We would do what we must. The world is big. Surely there is a space in it for one like you and one like me.”