1. “For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.” 2. „A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later.” 3. „I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.” 4. „They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind. And now that I had fulfilled mine, I felt aimless…

Recenzie Splendida cetate a celor o mie de sori 1. “A harami was an unwanted thing; she, Mariam, was an illegitimate person who would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had, things such as love, family, home, acceptance.” 2. “What rich lies!” Nana said after Jalil left. “Rich man telling rich lies. He never took you to any tree. And don’t let him charm you. He betrayed us, your beloved father. He cast us out. He cast us out of his big fancy house like we were nothing to him. He did it happily.” 3. “Jalil didn’t have the will either, Nana said, to do the honorable…