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21 " If you have to think that hard about the last time you prayed to Allah, I don’t think you get to hate gay people on the basis of God. "
― Adiba Jaigirdar , The Henna Wars
22 " On saturday I wake up with butterflies in my stomach. These butterflies arecompletely different from the ones I feel because of Flávia; around her, Ifeel anxious in a pleasant way. Like I’m going to throw up, but at leastthere’s a pretty girl in front of me. Now I just want to throw up. "
23 " I love you, Apujan,” she whispers. “And I’m so damn proud of you. I hope you know that. "
24 " Ya Allah, if you are there please please please please please let my parents still love me. "
25 " It’s not something that happens, Ammu. It’s something I am. "
26 " Flavia might not understand it, but I think I do. After seeing the way they were together, with no inhibitions; that’s the way you are with people you love.I don’t say any of this to Flavia. Instead, I say, “Family can be difficult. Complicated. I get it. "
27 " Nishat, come on. You’re the most self-assured person I know. You’re so . . . you have all of these things you believe in and you don’t bend from them just because it might not be cool or people might not like it about you. You always stand your ground and . . . you’re so into your culture. "
28 " I love you, you know?” Priti says after a moment of silence passes between us. “Like … if I had to choose between an awful guy that Ammu and Abbu approved of and you, I would choose you every time. "
29 " It doesn’t seem like much. But sometimes just being yourself —really, truly yourself—can be the most difficult thing to be. "
30 " I want to ask her a thousand more questions. I want her to give me a blow-by-blow about her conversation with Chyna; I want to know everything. But then Flávia leans in and presses her lips to mine, and I don’t care about any of it anymore. "