Leave the World Behind
A source page for quotes linked to Rumaan Alam.
“Humans were monsters but also perfect creations.”
“The only things a person ever wanted were food and home.”
“His manners are old-fashioned, the work of a vigilant mother.”
“Sometimes, not knowing what else to do, you had sex.”
“...what was parenthood but the polishing of another into something like a mirror? [Maggie Ott]”
“...what was parenthood but the polishing of another into something like a mirror? [Maggie Orr]”
“We wish that, of the people we truly love, to see them as they were before knew them.”