“Someone telling you about the future did not prepare you for it. Nothing prepared you for it.”

“He is a principled man, and compassionate, someone who will remind himself of your best qualities while struggling to forgive your worst. In short, he is a friend.”

“You dont know what its like to worry youll start to despise the people who help you, the ones you should love, because theyre healthy and youre not, because theyre kind and youre this angry, frustr...”

“How long did it take to become a gracious person? One who could accept help and give thanks without being resentful of it?”

“Ive found I still serve a purpose. I remind people to pray, to calculate the odds, to thank the fates, the gods, good karma, whatever it was that made this happen to me and not them. Im in the wors...”

“His voice was everything she equated with home.”

“You should never wish for wishful thinking.”

“What you desire is what you want, what you have is what Allah wants.”

“Most people say if you tell a wish it won't come true. But I don't think wishes work like that. I don't believe there's some bad-tempered wish-fairy with a clipboard, checking off whether or not yo...”