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1 " In Farsi we ask: Haal-e shomaa chetoreh? It is the same: how are you? But when I answer, when I am little, my father never let me say good or okay. Because he says he is asking about the feeling, you know... like, how is your heart?""My heart is happy," I say, "Happy you called. "
― , Between Us
2 " It's a fucking jail! A jail for people who've done nothing wrong except come here by boat. It's not even fucking illegal - did you know that? "
3 " And there's a good chance the only one day I'll get is here and now. "
4 " He's good at painting the world with his words. I don't understand all of them but I drink in enough to taste the flavours and swill them around in my mouth. "
5 " Maybe you'll understand when you're older. Maybe you won't. Love can arrive unexpectedly. You don't get a say in when or what or who. All you can do is grab it when it appears. And you do have to grab it. There's so much darkness in the world... "
6 " Something flickers between us, as delicate as a flame cupped in hands, protected from the breeze. "
7 " A thin stream of musicstretched between us,joining her world to mine. "
