Whisper Quotes

“Never let anyone else define your life, Kris. Never let anyone else define who you are. They will always get it wrong. Never settle for that.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Never let anyone else define who you are. They will always get it wrong. Never settle for that.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“The Quran says all souls were created in pairs. One soul, one life, that was meant for two people. In this world, we’re supposed to find the other half of our souls and join together with them. Rejoin, and find the house of peace that we once knew before time.” David moved closer. “I feel that with you. I always have. From the moment we met, it’s been like I’ve known you for forever. Like everything in me is supposed to belong to everything in you.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Kris, my love. My soul. We were united before time, made for each other. We will never part, not in this life or the next. Wherever I am, I will always be yours. I swear it.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Nietzsche once said, Beware when fighting monsters, you do not become a monster yourself. For when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“A thousand million stars in the sky would not be enough to count the ways I love you. Or grains of sand on the beach, even if you split every grain in half.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“From the moment we met, it’s been like I’ve known you for forever. Like everything in me is supposed to belong to everything in you.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“When I am with you, I feel parts of myself come together. Parts I thought couldn’t ever mix. You make me want to be everything I am. For you.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“He could make his world shades of white and pale, shades of sucking up and always trying to fit in, shades of never being enough, and being told, in a thousand, million, tiny ways, that he would never, ever fit in, no matter how hard he tried. Fuck that. He’d take his discrimination to his face, thank you very much. The world would acknowledge him. Somehow.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Never let anyone else define who you are. They will always get it wrong. Never settle for that.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“He’d learned early to carve and mold and cover the parts of himself that didn’t fit into the world. Keep the fractals of himself hidden, the way he came up at harsh angles to everyone else. He was a kaleidoscope, shifting and changing in the light. What was true was kept in the shadows, the same shadows that lived in his bones, that covered the memories of praying beside his father in the sunlight, murmuring the Quran.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Here there be dragons. Except they weren´t dragons, they were men, and men were always far worse than any mythical monster.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Your hair is very stylish.” Haddad winked. “But I promise you. You’re going to want this. It’s only going to get colder.” Cheeks burning, Kris took the beanie.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“David was in his bones, in his blood. He set his heart by the moments he stole with David. He’d never let that go, not unless David was ripped from him. And even then”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“They rose to prominence like all fascist groups do. In response to failures of nationalism, of governance, in response to people’s fears about the future, worrying economics times, and a fragile world teetering on the edge of all-out war. Fascists are rising everywhere, from the US to Europe to Asia. They’re all playing on fears, trying to control the world through terror, through hatred. They pull lines from the Quran to justify their evil, and twist everything to their own ends, just like fascists everywhere justify their actions. Why can’t you see how al-Qaeda and ISIS are exactly the same as fascists rising within the West? It’s fascism, and it’s hatred, pure and simple.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Why did Dan even give him the time of day?”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Holding his hand, being touchy-feely with him, being all up in his business? That’s culture?” Ryan snorted.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“They are, Gul Bahar American.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Kris felt everyone’s gaze slide to him. No one said a word. Everyone pretended they couldn’t hear Ryan and George.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“2001,”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“You look at Islam and all you see is al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram. You see the loudest, worst parts, and you erase a billion other believers who don’t share any of those beliefs. You don’t see nuance when you look at The Other. You just see an enemy.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper

“Caldera…” He snorted. “That was a bold fucking career move.”
― Tal Bauer, Whisper