“ Unfounded gossip can turn into sanctioned history if falls into the hands of the right storyteller. Laila Lalami
“ Telling a story is like sowing a seed—you always hope to see it become a beautiful tree, with firm roots and branches that soar up in the sky. But it is a peculiar sowing, for you will never know whet… Laila Lalami
“ His anger took many shapes: sometimes soft and familiar, like a round stone he had caressed for so long that is was perfectly smooth and polished; sometimes it was thin and sharp like a blade that cou… Laila Lalami
“ The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for. Laila Lalami
