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“Natalie’s like a border collie, my mother used to say to the other women at church. She needs a project, otherwise she starts chewing the cabinet corners. Are you saying my son is a project? I imagined Doug saying. No, I imagined my mother replying. I’m saying he’s the cabinet corner.”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear

“Have you considered, in that infinite mind of yours, that the truly brilliant people are the ones who understand the realities we build were already built for us?”
― Sara Hashem, The Jasad Crown

“His breath stirred the top of my head. He sounded worn. "Suraira, I cannot fathom how to make you believe me. Anywhere you are is my favorite place."
I winced, rolling away from him. I tried for a lighter note. "In that case, I hope you are fond of graves.”
― Sara Hashem, The Jasad Crown

“I wish I had a good reason for saving you. I wish it was logical or rational, informed by any semblance of reason. I wish more than anything my first thought when I emerged from the water was not of you, that I hadn’t been prepared to tear through every grain of sand and burn every tree in this damned place until I found you.”
― Sara Hashem, The Jasad Crown