She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups.

Whether you do something or decide to do nothing, either way, you are making a moral choice. And I hope people make the right one.

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.

Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.

Give sustenance, Allah. Give sustenance to me.

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

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.