Ameera Al Hakawati

“And every time she hears from him, another pebble of hope joins the little cluster she has collected.”

“She tried to make the pain go away by telling herself it was for the best, that it was all part of God's plan, that she would one day see the wisdom behind it. But despite the her efforts to appease her restless souls, she felt a cold chill take over her, inside and out.”

“Dubai is... after all,a lonely, transitory place.It's hard to maintain relationshipswhen people are always coming and going.”

“Knowledge can be a curse.The moment you gain it, you thirst for more.”

“No one has the complete freedom to choose everything in his or her life, sis. They may think they do. They may think they're choosing those jeans because they like them or that house because of that location, or that car because of the speed, but the reality is, they choose the jeans because some celebrity wore them, they choose that house because they needed to live near the kid's school, or that car because it was the only one they could afford that could live up to their social standard.”