From quite a while, I have been trying to figure out one perception of love that explains it all yet all I’ve come to is its ashes, scattered & dispersed, let alone the whole fiery universe of it.
— Syed Sami Shah, Octoberness
“Or you could go back, and find the men Salahu and Shafique, their boss Talha Ghauri, you father’s favorite colleague, have them brought to justice, or whatever the word ‘Insaf’ means in our country.”

“Dropping my legs from the couch, I try to sit upright by transferring my whole weight to my bottom, it is then the real agony shoots through my body.”
