Deepika

“One evening in Paris, Hosam told me that he believed that the most important human dramas take place not on battlefields but in the quiet hours.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends

“My faith in literature too returned. Books, particularly great novels, never before seemed more practical to the business of living.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends

“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

“why would God want to reward absolute obedience, regardless of the consequences, when He had bestowed on us reason, granting us not only the ability but the responsibility to arrive at our own decisions?”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends