Difficult but worth it-- that's how my mother had once describe life with Omi.

There is no mystery-- that's the beauty of it. We are entirely explicable to each other, and yet we stay. What a miracle that is.

For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?

If I wasn't me, you wouldn't be you.

There’s a ghost of a dream that you don’t even try to shake free off because you’re too in love with the way she haunts you.

When you can be this, why are you ever anything else? - Broken Verses

Pride! In English it is a Deadly Sin. But in Urdu it is fakhr and nazish - both names that you can find more than once on our family tree.

The truths we conceal don't disappear Raheen, they appear in different forms

How do you eat your roots?

How horrifying that morning when you wake up and your first thought is not of the person who has left. That’s when you know, I will never die of a broken heart.

Love is like an eternal flame, once it is lit, it will continue to burn for all time.

It is better to consult God’s instruction than seek your own ways.

Losing your job is a great blessing in disguise

I feel as if the world is listening for my next thought. But I can't think of anything. Sorry, but I just can't think of anything.

Love is sentimental measles.

Rhythm must have meaning.

What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.

Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.

It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of Americas foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist.

Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.