" Rasheed went ahead to dry his mother's tears "Do not shed any tear of pain Ummu, it is for the best.
— Writer Talks, Predestination-Spiritual Destiny Novel
“The pain of loss, of the vicious rumors, of cycles of waiting for her, of time spent trying to reach her and then came the relentless and menacing questions; Had he been too boring?”

“Naima fought the urge to hold her brother in her arms, like the times she would assuage his pain whenever he had bruised himself all those years ago.”
