The Lucky Ones Quotes

“This is my home, however unsettled it has always been on the inside. I've never thought of it as the place I might die in before I've had a chance to live. There must be a life beyond this fort that I feel so trapped inside. It can't end this way before it's even begun. A meaningless life ended by meaningless death. The silence around me is of a city that has warred with itself all day and is now pretending to sleep.
I am sick of pretending.
I want to stay up, keep watch, turn on every light in every home so no one can sneak up on us in the dark.”
― Zara Chowdhary, The Lucky Ones: A Memoir

“How do you count your dead when the dying happens on the run? How do you account for them when there is only so much you can pick up? Only so much you can carry?”
― Zara Chowdhary, The Lucky Ones: A Memoir

“Everyone gave of themselves generously, saw differences as something to learn from rather than to fear, and everyone protected the children.”
― Zara Chowdhary, The Lucky Ones: A Memoir