But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her.
Lunahas quoted4 months ago
That night, it was blessing enough to be beside him. It was blessing enough to know that he was here, to feel the warmth of him next to her, to lie with him, their heads touching, his right hand laced in her left
Lunahas quoted4 months ago
A dry, barren field, out beyond wish and lament, beyond dream and disillusionment- There, the future did not matter. And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.
Lunahas quoted4 months ago
But when it came to fathers, Mariam had no assurances to give.
Lunahas quoted5 months ago
all the hardships a person had to face none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
Lunahas quoted5 months ago
Mammy's hand floated up to her chest, tapped there. "Inhere. What's inhere. " Then it fell flaccid. "You just don't know."
Lunahas quoted5 months ago
As a reminder of how women like us suffer,she'd said.How quietly we endure all that falls upon us.
Lunahas quoted5 months ago
But, mostly, she missed Nana. Mariam wished her mother were alive to see this. To seeher, amid all of it. To see at last that contentment and beauty were not unattainable things. Even for the likes of them.
Lunahas quoted5 months ago
Let me tell you something- A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing, Mariam. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed, it won't stretch to make room for you.