There is nothing that torments Satan more than the sight of a faithful in prayer.

Nothing is an accident: it's always someone's fault; perhaps-but no one teaches us how to live with our mistakes. Everyone is isolated, alone with his or her anguish and guilt, and too penetrating a question can mean people are not able to face one another the next day.

As a writer, my homeland is the desk where I work.

All those who love know exactly the limit they're prepared to go to. They know exactly what is required.

Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble.

The neighbourhood is a place of...intrigue and emotional espionage, where when two people stop to talk on the street their tongues are like the two halves of a scissor coming together, cutting reputations and good names to shreds.

Pakistan produces people of extraordinary bravery. But no nation should ever require its citizens to be that brave.