Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It's better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies.

He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity.

People learned to live with the most unimaginable things.

People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.

The finger cut, to save the hand.

Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.

I guess some stories do not need telling.