You pour your soul into your book, but you never know how it will be received, and when people like your baby,… — Sabaa Tahir Book Copy Share Image
“I don't need to believe in the supernatural. Not when there's worse that roams the night.” — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I didn't feel strong. I felt weak. I felt like a scared little kid. So I naturally… — Sabaa Tahir Books Copy Share Image
“I look up at the stars hanging low in a sky that makes me think I'm seeing the infinite. But beneath their… — Sabaa Tahir Astronomy Copy Share Image
My dad was very strict. He was absolutely the Tiger Dad. You know, 'You got a 98% on this test? Why didn't… — Sabaa Tahir Dad Copy Share Image
I was 5 when I got the speech about how I would have to work harder and longer than everyone else because… — Sabaa Tahir About 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 Darkness 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 Books Copy Share Image
If I refused to get married, my parents would be brokenhearted and confused. Like any child close to her parents, I could… — Sabaa Tahir Children Copy Share Image
As a kid living in an isolated desert town, the most diversity I saw in my media was Claudia Kishi, the Japanese… — Sabaa Tahir American Copy Share Image
“Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just… — Sabaa Tahir Emotions Copy Share Image
Anytime you own a small business, it's all you. There is nobody to fall back on. — Sabaa Tahir Back Copy Share Image
I like to write when things are calm - and when I'm not worried about my well-being, the well-being of those I… — Sabaa Tahir Calm Copy Share Image
“After we left Serra,” Keenan says, “we’d been walking—running, really, for hours. When we finally stopped and settled into our rolls for… — Sabaa Tahir Astronomy Copy Share Image
Great novels have great characterization no matter what. But multiple points of view let me examine characters from entirely different perspectives, allowing… — Sabaa Tahir Books 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 Darkness Copy Share Image
I've loved mountains since I was a girl, and when I discovered mountaineering fiction after college, I was hooked. — Sabaa Tahir College Copy Share Image
Whatever the case, oftentimes, for a story to feel complete to me, I need more than one point of view. — Sabaa Tahir Case Copy Share Image
How far do you go in following orders? So many people use it as an excuse, right? 'I was following orders.' But… — Sabaa Tahir Far Copy Share Image
“The tapping grows insistent, and I turn, intending to tell off the Cadet. Instead, I'm faced with a slave-girl looking up at… — Sabaa Tahir Beauty 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 Time Copy Share Image
I don't go on social media with a mercenary intent to promote. That's just wrong. I go to learn, to listen, to… — Sabaa Tahir Fun Copy Share Image
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 Books Copy Share Image
Literature taught me that I wasn't alone, that I could become a writer if I worked at it, that my story mattered.… — Sabaa Tahir Alone Copy Share Image
