Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.

Marriage can wait, education cannot.

I will follow you to the ends of the world.

I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!

She thought of Aziza's stutter, and of what Aziza had said earlier about fractures and powerful collisions deep down and how sometimes all we see on the surface is a slight tremor.

Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.

A society has no chance of success if it's women are uneducated.

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you just have to see and feel.

She remembered all too well how time had dragged without him, how she had shuffled about feeling waylaid, out of balance. How she could ever cope with his permanent absence?

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But they are things that, well, you just have to see and feel. p.147

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.

She knew enough to recognize that memories were crowding in, and there was nothing he could do. They wouldn’t let him speak. She would never know what scenes were driving that turmoil.

Make a u-turn, when you see you have traveled on the wrong path.

Too much of a good thing is toxic

If I was an aspirant litterateur, I was also an aspirant anarchist. I have disliked Authority always, though sometimes seduced by its resplendence.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

I actually studied cooking and, like, was thinking about becoming a chef.

Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.

To succeed in life, you must have the courage to be hated.

I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.

Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.