So many things you promise yourself you won't get used to, and then you do.

This world is out of date

They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that's not true-' He took a deep breath. 'You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.

I still hear the world spinning.

Pride! In English it is a Deadly Sin. But in Urdu it is fakhr and nazish - both names that you can find more than once on our family tree.

For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?

Those Genes Could Have Been Mine