Once There Was Quotes

“But sadness, maybe, was like anger. You have a right to as much of it as you need. And like anger, sadness doesn’t want to be tempered. It wants to be seen.”
― Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was

“These animals had a special talent for finding the spaces that fit them. There were so many empty places in so many people’s lives. I had them too. And maybe they were like magnets. Maybe they were beacons—not for any animal but for exactly one. And maybe each animal was itself a hungry spirit, looking for exactly the space that fit, exactly the place where it belonged.”
― Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was

“There are two kinds of people in a church,” she said. “There are the people who go to be closer to what they love, and there are the people who go to hide from the things that scare them.”
― Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was

“When animals look at you, they don’t see all the complexities of your life. They only see you as you are in that exact moment, and they’re not ashamed, and they’re not afraid.”
― Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was

“Do you ever wonder how they choose us ? said Horatio. The creatures ? I wonder all the times. (...) No one's ever certain. They're not a reward, though they can be rewarding. And they's not a punishment, either, though they can be punishing. They's not here to save us or damn us. They don't explain themselves. They just enter our lives one day, and then they are - full and complete and unequivocal.”
― Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was

“Do you ever wonder how they choose us ? said Horatio. The creatures ? I wonder all the times. (...) No one's ever certain. They're not a reward, though they can be rewarding. And they's not a punishment, either, though they can be punishing. They's not here to save us or damn us. They don't explain themselves. They just enter our lives and one day, and then they are - full and complete and unequivocal.”
― Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was

“If there’s a voice in your head telling you something doesn’t feel right, you should listen. That’s your heart talking. And when there’s no code, your heart is the code. When there are no rules, your heart knows the rules.”
― Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was