“Lamia was not sure whether she liked Leyla. She was too quiet, too knowing, her eyes were always probing, she felt, and she was clearly a bad influence on Tala, enticing her to museums and libraries when she should be… — Shamim Sarif Copy Share Image
“She had been trying hourly to ensure that this new friendship remained such, to be certain that it would not slip out of the… — Shamim Sarif Copy Share Image
“There was light and there was darkness, and where once, so recently, he had sat at his desk bathed in that light, now he… — Shamim Sarif Copy Share Image
“It was the downfall of love, Lamia thought wistfully, that it inspired the lover to toss away any shred of caution just to obtain… — Shamim Sarif Copy Share Image
“Lamia was not sure whether she liked Leyla. She was too quiet, too knowing, her eyes were always probing, she felt, and she was… — Shamim Sarif Copy Share Image
“Every night I empty my heart, but by morning it's full again. Slow droplets of you seep in through the night's soft caress. At… — Shamim Sarif Copy Share Image
