Farah Shamma

“Normally I'm a movie freak. In fact, I am a movie. It's always me out there in a medium close-up. It's like there's a camera on me, trailing me, getting down every move. A long, slow, tracking shot of my life.”
― A.M. Homes, Jack

“I wanted to drive. I wanted to keep going, forward. I wanted to break out onto the highway, put my foot to the floor, turn on the radio, and sing along.”
― A.M. Homes

“I turned the steering wheel as far as I could. The old blue Volvo didn't believe in power steering.

"More," my father said.

I thought I was going to die. I thought I might have a heart attack. I thought if I ever had to drive that car, I'd end up looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

"I think I'm having a heart attack," I said.

"What?"

"Never mind.”
― A.M. Homes

“I don't want to be one of those women who says horrible things about her husband, but your father had no right to take the hammer. I had that hammer when we were still dating, and he damn well knew it.”
― A.M. Homes, Jack