When you write your first book, you're writing in a vacuum; it doesn't matter how much time it takes. And then with… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
For a while, gently bumping into my nightstand meant a pile of 50 books clattering onto my head and the floor. After… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“Most people,” Cain says, “are nothing but glimmers in the great darkness of time. But you, Helene Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark.… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“Most people...are nothing but glimmers in the great darkness of time. But you...are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“The distance from one bit of luck to the next feels as great as the distance across oceans. But, I decide in… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“Pop used to say that standing by someone during their darkest times creates a bond. A sense of obligation that is less… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
Like me as a teen - and like many teenagers now - my characters are at a peculiar crossroads in their lives.… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
When I went to college, it was so easy. And I worked two jobs while I was in school all the way… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“makes me wonder how many times I walked right past someone in these streets who was running, someone who had just had… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
You walk into BookCon, and everybody is so excited... it's just paradise. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
