If You Could Be Mine Quotes

“No. I don´t think it does go away. I know it won´t for me. I will keep busy. I will distract myself. I will eventually have days when I don´t have to remind myself to breathe. I know Nasrin will exist, maybe even be happy, and I will be okay. I ´ll bury my love, but it will never really go away.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“There is no fairy godmother, Cinderella. Life doesn’t work that way. If you’re patient and go through the steps, you will be able to change. But there’s a lot of energy that goes into a transformation.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“Her hands are grabbing my neck, and I don't know if she might choke me. I don't care. If there's a way to die, this should be it.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“She begins to undress and I soak in every curve, every part of her that she sees as a flaw and I see as a revelation.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“Does it go away?" she asks. "Missing each other?"
I think about how much I missed Maman. I still do, though it isn´t as acute as it once was.
"A little bit," I whisper.
"Enough so that life continues. In a year you won´t even think about me. " She turns around in my arms and looks up at me, tugging at a strand of my hair.
"don´t say stupid things, Sahar. You´re smarter than that.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“I would hold her hand forever if I could. But I can’t. So I let go. I love her, and I have to let go.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“Everyone in my family always spares one another's feelings. It leaves little room for honesty.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“I'm scared, but I need to get out of this room. I need to find ways to distract the gnawing pain that feeds off of every surface of my body.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“We were six. We didn't wear head scarves then. We were little girls, not "whores of Babylon," to be met by the scrutinizing eye of any asshole with a beard.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“No. I’m not going to give up. Even if it’s wrong, there is still a chance, and that’s more than I have as a woman. A chance.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“Does it go away?” she asks. “Missing each other?” I think about how much I missed Maman. I still do, though it isn’t as acute as it once was. “A little bit,” I whisper. “Enough so that life continues.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“The best person I know won’t be around anymore. And suddenly everything seemed like a huge mistake. You’re the one I should grow old with. And I can’t.” We’re”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“If she could survive a war unscathed, surely she could survive a mere heart condition. I suppose the heart always betrays us one way or another.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“– Ninguém conhece o futuro – Baba diz. – Qualquer um que acha que conhece está enganado.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine

“I always knew she was selfish. At birthday parties she always got the biggest icing flower on the cake.”
― Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine