but her mind feels feverish as it races through the crowded hallways of the past

You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down

Resolutely ignoring Banu's dark mutterings, steeling herself against the barrage of harsh words that questioned her motives, her upbringing, and her morality

To win the rat race, you have to think and behave like a cat.

To understand the truth of everything, it took guts more than simply thinking.

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.

self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

My accent depends on whom I'm around.

No love-story has ever been told twice. I never heard any tale of lovers that did not seem to me as new as the world on its first morning.

More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

The people of Sydney who can speak of my work without a smile are very scarce.

It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing.

A vague uneasiness: the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor.