While the Sun Is Above Us Quotes

“Like war, love can make one do things that they otherwise would not do.”
― Melanie Schnell, While the Sun Is Above Us

“It surprises me to see that I no longer look like the girl who married Tobias, for this is how I still think of myself. Here in this small frame I see that, indeed, this life I have lived has shown itself on the outside too.”
― Melanie Schnell, While the Sun Is Above Us

“When I think of Tobias it is not with the same feeling as when I think of Khajami. How could it be the same, when a child and a husband demand a different kind of love altogether from your heart? It does not feel as though Tobias is still inside of me. He was my husband, my protector, and I respected him. I miss Tobias, and I am proud that I was his wife. A kind of emptiness and happiness are woven together inside my voice when the other washing women ask me about what my husband was like, and I answer with words that lift up to the sky.”
― Melanie Schnell, While the Sun Is Above Us