Deepika

“But to have an endless number of books sit on the shelf just because one has read them or might one day read them is absurd. Besides, is there anything more depressing than a wall of books? But you, my dear, disagree. Like Montaigne, you believe that the very presence of books in your room cultivates you, that books are not only to be read but to be lived with.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends

“A thousand and one things could befall us and the people we love the most would have no hint of it.”
― Matar Hisham, My Friends

“God veil our faults," as the old folks say. A simple, much overused prayer. But what little wisdom it contains. A philosophy of sorts. I love how modest it is. I mean, they could have said, "God erase our faults," Now that would've been ambitious. But "veil" is better. It presupposes that to live a life is to have faults, that no one is perfect and certainly no one is innocent. Not even you and I.”
― Matar Hisham, My Friends

“... we ask of writers what we ask of our closest friends: to help us mediate and interpret the world.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends