Take What You Can Carry
Gian Sardar
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You love them for who they are, sure. That’s the easy part. But you also love them despite who they are. That’s the important part.”
“You earn your place beside someone by not walking away. Even when all you want to do is run.”
“If I am to be with someone forever, it will be because I cannot stay away. Right or wrong. There will be no choice.”
“there is no denying luck. That you were born where you were. That you can choose. That you have the privilege of being bored. And do not have to leave your family. Or save your family.” “What if I can’t make up for that?” “Who says you have to? Sometimes living is all you have to do. Besides, you’d be surprised how you can save someone.”
“the field, she catches a flash of silver: the bride’s sisters and friends are dancing with knives. “They’re dancing with knives.” He turns. “They’re about to cut the cake. That’s to let him know they can handle knives. That he should be good to their sister. That they will protect her.” “A warning.” “Kurds aren’t known for being subtle.”
“We grew up next door. He’s been there since the start. If I show him a scar, he remembers the blood.”
“The in love part of the first few months. That is when they can do no wrong and your stomach jumps and everything is bliss. But really, truly, loving someone? To me? What in love becomes? That’s deeper. That’s when they can do wrong and it’s not always sunshine. You love them for who they are, sure. That’s the easy part. But you also love them despite who they are.”
“Neanderthal graves. Bones beneath her feet, perhaps. The rocks in the garden would’ve once been larger, bright and shadowed with early-human firelight, and the land around them would’ve seemed empty and forever. There’d have been no concept of oceans. No awareness of planets. And here, right before her, are those same silhouettes of mountains, the same spikes of peaks. A shared view, glimpsed across time.”
“It was not their fault either,” Soran says. “The families who were moved in. Everyone a pawn in a political agenda.”
“In her childhood, the grass was green. There were cleats and freshly laundered jerseys with silly team names and sliced oranges on the sideline. And to see the differences, to find these beautiful boys worthy of curiosity, of examination—it’s the core of her chosen profession but it feels like human sightseeing. A tour of others. Look at these poor boys, happy despite everything.”
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