Eyes speak a painful language; perhaps, the language is painful because it is the truth.
— Mahnoor Ali Syed, Sweet Sleep
“My skin prickled as goosebumps spread across my arms; my breath shallowed, as if these words unlocked a darkness inside me, a secret meant only for me.”

“A boy who had been angry and sad for a long time, and had learned to carry it on his own because that was what the house showed him.”
