Three Holidays and a Wedding Quotes

“You have to take happiness as it comes to you, while accepting that grief will always live with you, too.”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Three Holidays and a Wedding

“The key is eye contact, but not so much that you look like a serial killer,”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Three Holidays and a Wedding

“the truth about bitterness? That it’s like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die?”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Three Holidays and a Wedding

“People who look like me don't get to write stories," she said.

They were on the front steps, and Saif paused before he pulled the large wooden doors open. His look was inscrutable. "And as long as we believe that, we never will," he said.”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Three Holidays and a Wedding

“That's all any of us can do, in the end. Say bismillah, and try.”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Three Holidays and a Wedding

“It was Ramadan, and murdering your sister during the holy month was generally frowned upon. Luckily, Ramadan was almost over.”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Three Holidays and a Wedding

“Her grandfather was a big believer in conflict. Conflict serves your story, he would always tell her or Saima when they complained to him. Let us blue-sky some ways this conflict can help develop your character. It”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Three Holidays and a Wedding