Bibi

“To be from countries such as ours... is to continually feel obliged to explain them.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends

“The truest opinions are never uttered.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends

“Fear sounds the same in any language.”
― Genevieve Graham, The Secret Keeper

“My friends never stopped wanting a different life, I wanted to tell her. But I have managed, Mother, not to want a different life most of the time and that is some achievement.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends