Rowan Williams Quotes


For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him Kamila Shamsie Escape 63
There is no mystery thats the beauty of it. We are entirely explicable to each other and yet we stay. What a miracle that is. Kamila Shamsie True love 61
They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But thats not true He took a deep breath. You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us. Kamila Shamsie Need 46
I still hear the world spinning. Kamila Shamsie World 43
All right dont scoff mock or disbelieve we live in mortal fear of notquitetwins. Kamila Shamsie First sentence 38
My ex calls the ochre winter autumn as we queue to hear dock boys play jazz fugues in velvet dark. Broken Verses Kamila Shamsie Mystery 37
If I wasnt me you wouldnt be you. Kamila Shamsie Identity 35
This world is out of date Kamila Shamsie World 25
Character is just an invention but its an invention that serves as both reason and justification for our behaviour. Broken Verses Kamila Shamsie Philosophical 24
This is the worst of our ways of rememberingthis tendency to prod the crust of anecdote in the hope of releasing a gush of pipinghot symbolism. Kamila Shamsie Memory 24

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