Huma

“In fact, I was shortly to be chosen for my first tour to New Zealand. Again, I had Javed, now restored to captaincy, to thank. I was immediately anxious. I could not drive. I had neither money of my own nor even a bank account. I rang Javed and asked him how much it would cost me to go on the tour; he replied deadpan: "100,000 rupees."

My heart sank. 'Javed bhai, my dad would never give me that amount of money,' I said gloomily. 'I'm sorry. I won't be able to come.'

Javed burst out laughing. 'You idiot!' he said. 'You don't have to pay; you get paid.'

I couldn't believe it. 'I get paid?' I said. 'To play for Pakistan? Unbelievable!”
― Gideon Haigh, Sultan: A Memoir

“How can I tell,” said the man, “that the past isn’t a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“Never part with information unnecessarily. That's my rule,”
― Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

“You won’t tell anyone, will you?’ began Emily, knowing well that of all openings on earth this one is the most certain to provoke interest and sympathy.”
― Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery