Jaya's Paper Heart Quotes

“Black liquid ink transformed into Rorschach’s on my eyelids. A bat, a butterfly, a moth—which inkblot was it? Perhaps it would reveal the secrets of the inner workings of my mind.”
― Sabina Malik, Jaya's Paper Heart: & Other Tales of Resistance

“After the olvidavirus wiped out a million people’s memories, planes literally fell from the sky. Selective amnesia, they called it, just like in the movies. Some people forgot how to do their jobs, like pilots, and I forgot the people I loved.”
― Sabina Malik, Jaya's Paper Heart: & Other Tales of Resistance

“Violet Hapsburg lilies for heart attacks. Blue ambrosia tulips for suicidal ideation. Sage ginger roses for aneurysms. For generations, my family cultivated poisonous teas in the yard behind our old white Victorian.”
― Sabina Malik, Jaya's Paper Heart: & Other Tales of Resistance