In the Courtyard of Mercury Quotes

“I was ready to unburden myself, to reveal all the weight that had plagued me since childhood—the painful memories involving my father, the car, the producer man, and the cruelty that threw us into a tumultuous sea. I longed to confide in him about the life I had endured inside the belly of the beast. But something within that raging ocean held me back from speaking, pulling me towards its depths like another whale ready to engulf me again in its dreadful belly. It wasn’t just fear; there was something else, an unknown force preventing me from uttering a single word.”
― Ahmad Al-Hamadi, In the Courtyard of Mercury