“A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.”
“Police officers put up barbed wire around their hearts to protect them.”
“This was the Karachi now – barbed wires protecting consulates, the pretentious covering themselves with faces of those who were hiding behind those barbed wires. This was Karachi – gaudy and luxurious, with a façade of glamor, ignoring the truth underneath. But Sophie was no cynic, and still loved the city she had returned to. ‘You can’t hate what’s yours,’ she smiled to herself.”
“But I do, and the barbed wire tightens once more, until my heart is strangled and broken.”
“Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle.”