Against the Loveless World

by Susan Abulhawa

“What’s truly revolutionary in this world is to relinquish the belief that you have a right to an opinion about who another person chooses to fuck and why.

I did love Bilal, though those words seemed too small for his expansive presence in my heart.

“For the ones we love, nothing is ever trouble, and everything is never enough.”

“We can be damaged together,” he whispered. “As long as I can hold you like this, I will be a happy man.”