“I said that I was not a good Muslim but that I was not a bad person.I said I had a brother that I wanted to keep in touch with. I said that I wanted to give up my share of the inheritance to him. Apart from my father's Russian books and Russian keepsakes, I wanted nothing. I said that I did not come here today to fight over money or for the share of a house. I came so that I would not be an outcast, so that I would, even in a small way, faintly, marginally, tentatively, belong.” KindnessAcceptanceJealousyConnectionBelongingInheritanceSiblingsBlended Families Book:The Kindness of Enemies Source: The Kindness of Enemies
“I am touched by her life, how it moves forward, pulses and springs. There is no fragmentation, nothing stunted or wedged. I circle back, I regress, the past doesn't let go. It might as well be a malfunction, a scene repeating itself, a scratched vinl record, a stutter.” SadnessEnvyStuckJealousyUpsetEmoDispairUnmovingStinted Book:Minaret Source: Minaret
