“ You feel well, Ali? You have a very faraway look on your face, beta,' my dad said. 'Like you have left your heart behind.'He fixed me with eyes as liquid black as mine and for a moment I felt exposed,… Ruth Ahmed
“ In life, we all have a cross to bear and a unique story to tell. We just hope that someone will take the time to listen. Greg McVicker
“ It was during those years that I discovered that loving [my father] was like sticking a blade into my own heart. It got me nowhere, except awake in the middle of the night, recalling the years when my… Alison Singh Gee
“ James was sixteen, Cam seventeen, perhaps. She had looked round for someone who was not there, for Mrs. Ramsay, presumably. But there was only kind Mrs. Beckwith turning over her sketches under the la… Virginia Woolf
“ Everyone knew that bugs traveled in packs. Only the stupid ones got caught. The smart ones lay in wait for her to go to sleep so they could attack. Jill Shalvis
“ You only live once, right?""Not true," Quinn said, "you live every day. You only die once. Jill Shalvis
“ Look, my son, she is so beautiful, she has fair skin and green eyes and brown hair.''She's English?' I asked cheekily, holding the cheap photo print with trepidation. Which unfortunate victim had they… Ruth Ahmed
“ Honour and I would have to create our world, live by our own rules. My family wasn't ready for her just yet. I didn't know if they ever would be. Ruth Ahmed
“ A theatrical spectacle is inherent whenever family members congregate and reacquaint themselves with powerful universal themes educed from homecomings including hugs, food, drink, conversation, politi… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ I had to be an adult, be a father without a son, so for one last moment I needed to be a son who needed his mother. Ruth Ahmed
