Ayesha At Last

“Just remember to pack light. Dreams tend to shatter if you’re carrying other people’s hopes around with you.”

‘No sooner met but they looked, no sooner looked but they loved, no sooner loved but they sighed, no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason, no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy; and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage,’

“‘No sooner met but they looked, no sooner looked but they loved, no sooner loved but they sighed, no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason, no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy; and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage,’” Nana recited as he walked out into the hallway.

My library took over the entire first floor of our house. Nani was jealous of my collection. She said I loved it more than her. She was wrong, of course. I brought her when we moved, not my books.”

Saleha has not let go of her anger, and it has made her so unhappy. I don’t want to see that happen to you as well.”

Chai was so much more than a caffeine kick for her. She knew how every member of her family liked to drink their tea, how much sugar or honey to put in each cup. Chai was love, distilled and warming.

should have assumed as much from your clothing. Tell me, Khalid: Where are you from?”

“Toronto,”

When an unmarried man and woman are alone together, a third person is present: Satan,

peppercorns, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks,

lung cancer and emphysema.