12 Quotes by Adib Khorram

The thing is, I never had a friend like Sohrab before. One who understood me without even trying. Who knew what it was like to be stuck on the outside because of one little thing that set you apart.

Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression.

I had never been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but Dr. Howell said that anxiety and depression often went hand in hand. Comorbidity, he called it. It was an ominous-sounding word. It made me anxious.

I wanted to know what our family's stories were. I wanted to know the things Mom wouldn't think to tell me. Things she knew but never said out loud, because they were a part of her. I wanted to know what made the Bahrami family special.

I dont know why it bothered me, the way he said it, like I had to want sex. There were lots of people who didn’t.

Don't ask me, we never did anything other than kissing.”“Really?”“Yeah,’ I swallow the frog trying to hop its way out of my esophagus.“Landon wanted to, but I wasn’t ready.”“Oh.”“Sorry I can’t help.”“No!” He smiled and his shoulders unclenching. That actually helps a lot… I was just worried I guess.”“Why.”.”I don’t know. It just seemed like we were supposed to want it.

How could I be a tourist in my own past?

Chip scooped her up mid dash and swung her up to cover her face with kisses.She squealed and laughed and said, “Nooo!”Chip stopped. “No?”“ Not now.”“Ok.”Chip set her down and she scampered off into the kitchenI liked how he respected her boundaries, even though she was a toddler. I thought that was really cool.

Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ We say it when we miss somebody."I sniffed."Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.