My dad was very strict. He was absolutely the Tiger Dad. You know, 'You got a 98% on this test? Why didn't you get 100?' That was normal life for my brothers and I. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff’s night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
“In the end, I don't answer her question. She doesn't answer mine. Instead, we sit without words, watching the city, the river, the desert… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.” — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
When I asked myself what I'd want to see in a comic about a Pakistani superhero, the first word that came to mind was… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
If I'm really excited about a scene, I used to wait to write it, and now I'll just write it. When you do that,… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
“Your emotions make you human, Elias said to me weeks ago in the Serran Range. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. If you… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
Reading about people who were so truly voiceless and powerless - Liberian child soldiers, Sudanese refugees, and, especially, Kashmiri women whose husbands or sons… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
I actually like love triangles in books. That's one of the main reasons why I wrote one. I really love love triangles. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
At age 10, or even 15, it would have meant the world to me to see a Pakistani girl portrayed positively, let alone as… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share
