Bibi

“Reading shapes a person. The landscape of books is more real, in some ways, than the one outside the window. It isn’t experienced at a remove; it is internal, vital.”
― Kate Morton, Homecoming

“Policemen grew tough skins. The job required them to confront the worst of humankind while somehow keeping enough of themselves tender to remain good husbands and fathers, decent members of society.”
― Kate Morton, Homecoming

“My friends never stopped wanting a different life, I wanted to tell her. But I have managed, Mother, not to want a different life most of the time and that is some achievement.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends

“To be from countries such as ours... is to continually feel obliged to explain them.”
― Hisham Matar, My Friends