Mafia & Scars Quotes

“If the room gets loud, I might walk out without warning. I’m not leaving you I’m just…adjusting.” “Okay.” “And if I say no touching, it’s not you.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“I keep waiting for someone to tell me it’s a defect,” I admit. “That I’m broken.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“The most dangerous man to come outta Russia after me. The most loyal. The one I’d hand my life to without thinking.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“You don’t leave,” Nikolai adds. “You’re loyal as shit. You don’t forgive fuckers who hurt your brothers.” His gaze holds mine. “You are our brother, Viktor. Always.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“That you loved hard even if you don’t call it that,”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“Mama always says being different doesn’t mean you’re broken.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“sometimes I do things like you… I don’t like loud noises. Or too many changes. I get…stuck.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“A soulmate,” I continue, my voice softer now, “is someone who feels like home. Even when the whole world goes dark, they’re the light you keep walking toward.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“Of all the ambushes I might have to face in my life, a seven-year-old talking about a marriage proposal to her mom was definitely not on the list.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“You notice because your brain already processes the world in sharper detail.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“Not broken. Just filtering.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“We don’t know what causes autism, but we do know that the brain is ‘wired’ differently.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“autism is a complex condition. It’s different in every individual because there are three main factors that interact to affect the person.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“I remember what it was like, living on the streets. Cold. Hungry. Nobody looking out for you. I couldn’t…I didn’t want any of the animals to feel like that.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“And tonight, he’s not just protecting my daughter. She’s protecting him and teaching him about love too.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“reading other people’s expressions, and with knowing what to do when someone else is hurting.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“My heart twists so hard it hurts. With his neurodivergence, Viktor struggles with emotions,”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“You once said skating used to make you feel alive. But that you…lost that feeling. I wanted you to have it back. That feeling and that joy. Queenie helped me. You and your family helped me. And now, I want to help you.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“Sofia is perfect as she is,” I say firmly. “In every single way. If you can’t see that, the problem is not with her. It’s with you.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“She’s more than different,” Olga blusters. “She’s odd and peculiar and⁠—”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“They strike me like a slap to the face. But even worse, my heart shatters into tiny pieces for my little girl and the judgment she faces rather than receiving understanding and support from her grandmother.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“Your daughter is bizarre and strange like this because of the way you have brought her up,” she says, her lip curling as if the very sight of Sofia just now, rocking back and forth on the rug, was a personal offense to her. “She needs discipline! You are useless as a mother!”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“But each time I’ve talked about this with Olga, she’s been dismissive and accused Sofia of being an attention seeker and me of spoiling my daughter.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“You’re showing Sofia every day that having autism doesn’t mean that you’re not a strong person or that you can’t achieve whatever you want to in life.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“Sofia and I both love sticking to our schedules.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“You don’t have to be the same to belong.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“have autism too.” The house holds its breath. The kind of pause that tells me everyone is listening.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“You just tell me if you’re struggling too much to give me a hug.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“If I don’t know the schedule and plan, my chest gets all…buzzy.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars

“Love doesn’t need words.”
― Isa Oliver, Mafia & Scars