“A stubborn ass needs a stubborn driver”

“some stories don't need telling”

“I guess some stories do not need telling.”

“Every woman needed a husband, even if he did silence the song in her.”

“But if you have a book that needs urgent reading,' she said, 'then Hakim is your man.”

“Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty. That was a little unsettling but also sort of comfortable to have someone who always knew what you needed.”

“As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling.”