The Story of a Widow Quotes

“Mona told herself that even if her recent feelings were a delusion, they were by far preferable to the thirty years of immaculate deception she had suffered in her first marriage. Yet she had to forgive Akbar Ahmad - perhaps because he was already dead.”
― Musharraf Ali Farooqi, The Story of a Widow

“You always maintained that he was a good father, but I always told you and I'll say it again today, so what if he was a good father? How does that redeem him if he was a bad husband?”
― Musharraf Ali Farooqi, The Story of a Widow

“Their casual discussion of the characteristics of the man who had shown interest in their mother had seemed unreal to her.”
― Musharraf Ali Farooqi, The Story of a Widow

“You cannot have everyone else's happiness in mind as well when you go out seeking your own. It's not as if what you wish to of with your life is going to take away anything from theirs.”
― Musharraf Ali Farooqi, The Story of a Widow