

“She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.”
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist

“If you have ever, sir, been through a breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, you will perhaps understand what I experienced. There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria at finally being liberated; the world seems fresh as if seen for the first time then comes the inevitable period of doubt, the desperate and doomed backpedaling of regret; and only later, once emotions have receded, is one able to view with equanimity the journey through which one has passed.”
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist

“It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.”
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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