The Wild Ones Quotes

“Aren't you angry, sister? At being treated the we are? At having to pick up the pieces of what remains after the world is through with us? At being silenced and abused? At being denied our dignity, our bodies, our voices, and our right to justice? Aren't you angry?
Embrace this anger. Let it fuel your every days. Defy everyone who tells you that you can't.
Be wild.”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“Cities have souls, you know. They are alive and sometimes they die. They grow old either gracefully or shamefully. They shrink and they expand. They grieve and celebrate." -The Wild Ones”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“Sometimes we wish for things and people we never had but other people take for granted. Like:
A mother who worries when you don't come home at night. A father who is neither a gaping absence nor only present in the marks on our bodies. The luxury of nights not fragmented by nightmares. Bodies that are ours alone.”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“But you, you are cavalier with your disregard for danger. You taunt death as if daring it to try to take you away.”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“You learn fear all at once, you know. In less than one second, your body will understand all its shades and ken all its depths. Corners will become sinister and the sound of footsteps will become reasons to panic. Darkness will begin to mean more than just the absence of light. A half-second is all it takes to learn fear. But it will take you a lifetime to unlearn it. Me? I am not there yet, and I have lived several lifetimes. Make of that what you will.”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“I am cobbled together by foolish ideas and reckless behavior. It has kept me alive so far.”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“Tayseir: Are you looking for trouble?
Paheli: I hope so. I've even sent it an invitation.”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“Do you know how difficult it is to love anything or anyone when your sense of self has been shattered?" -Paheli”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“You have the right to your fears, to your desires, to your dislikes" -Paheli”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“Even when the break is in the heart, the body bears evidence of it. You know what we're talking about. Of course you do. Being a girl, a woman, means being fluent in the languages of pain and power. Knowing what hurts and how much and if you have the ability to endure it." -The Wild Ones”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

“Sunsets and sunrises are perhaps the only things that still command our reverence. One announces and end to pain and the other indicates a new beginner: two things that are invaluable to us" -Paheli”
― Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones