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“Reading about life was no preparation for living it.”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens
“To be content with what Nature has given you, that - that is stupid!”
― The Labours of Hercules
― The Labours of Hercules
“After all, everyone’s entitled to be the hero of their own story. So I must be permitted to be the hero of mine. Even though I’m not. I’m the villain.”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens
“The creatures most difficult to reach make the most loving companions in the end.”
― The Duchess Deal
― The Duchess Deal
“Urdu is an aristocratic language. It was not the language of the working classes. Those who are left—the artisans—speak Karkhana [factory] Urdu. The Urdu of the poets is dead.”
― City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
― City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
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