The View from Garden City Quotes

“I am overwhelmed. I am the most discomfited of dancers. Simultaneously chillingly I am certain that the wedding guests sense it to be a sad occasion yet all are in desperate conspiracy to produce a joyful atmosphere. They dance madly. As though ... as though if they were to stop and cast a thoughtful eye on the bride and groom the illusion would be dispelled. The party dresses and hairspray and starched collars and lipsticked lips would melt away and all present would be left standing in the rags of Huda's despair.”
― Carolyn Baugh, The View from Garden City

“No woman is ever empty," Nayna said. "You are life. When it is fragile, when it is miserable, when it is beautiful, you brim with it.”
― Carolyn Baugh, The View from Garden City