“life is a series of sweet coincidences”

“Men constantly feel hungry and women constantly feel sad. That's what marriage does to them. ~Teddy Butt, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti”

“The generals who had called Zia a mullah behind his back felt ashamed at having underestimated him: not only was he a mullah, he was a mullah whose understanding of religion didn't go beyond parroting what he had heard from the next mullah. A mullah without a beard, a mullah in a four-star general's uniform, a mullah with the instincts of a corrupt tax inspector.”

“The worst part of being popular, is that you're never a no. 1 in someone's life”

“Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately.”

“Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions.”

“For Mum, life was fundamentally hell. You went blind, you got raped, people forgot your birthday, Nixon got elected, your husband fled with a blonde from Beckenham, and then you got old, you couldn't walk and you died.”