“No story worth telling should ever be about blame or regret. What happened was what was meant to happen.” — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“There is an old Arab Bedouin saying: I, against my brothers. I and my brothers against my cousins. I and my brothers and my cousins against the world . That is jungle law. It is the way of the world when the world is thrown into chaos. It is our job to avert that chaos, to fight against it, to… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share
“that there are many things that we cant understand. the past. the bad things that happened... and we become afraid. of what might happen… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“Can you imagine? Fourteen-hundred-year-old views of history determining how neighbors interacted in the twentieth century? No. You can't. Because history here is a dead thing. Something captured in books that schoolchildren have to endure and which they forget about the moment the books are closed. In Pakistan, every conversation, however personal, is punctuated by the raspy, decrepit gasps of the… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share
“He knows what lies before them, and what is after them, and they comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills.'… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“You won't understand this now, Saira. Later, perhaps. When you are older. When you learn that life is not only about the choices you… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“What I saw there explained everything--the reason he had stayed away, why he had come to say good-bye. I can only describe what I saw by its effect on me. Every woman should be looked at in such a way, at least once her life. With a longing that cannot be contained--with love that goes beyond mere feeling because it… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share
“These tears are proof that there is love in the world. Tears are only bitter when we cry selfishly for ourselves. When we deny and forget the sweet love that tears are made of. When we let sorrow turn to anger. When people cry for each other, it is a good thing. Always remember that you are a human being,… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share
“When someone stops saying hello, I don't see that there's any need to say good-bye.” — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“No story worth telling should ever be about blame or regret. What happened was what was meant to happen.” — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“Faith is revelation. And in order to receive revelation you have to be open. Belief is about closing yourself off -- a lie you… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“The only law that means anything - that can have anything to do with God - is one that is alive and that strives… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
“The only way to rise above is to rise above. The only way to respond to wrong is with right. The only way to… — Nafisa Haji Copy Share Image
