“Harriet turned round, and we both saw a girl walking towards us. She was dark-skinned and thin, not veiled but dressed in a sitara, a brightly coloured robe of greens and pinks, and she wore a headscarf of a deep… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
Faith is the cure that heals all troubles. Without faith there is no hope and no love. Faith comes before hope, and before love.… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
“And then, as slowly as the light fades on a calm winter evening, something went out of our relationship. I say that selfishly. Perhaps… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
“Images of people in the Middle East dressing like Westerners, spending like Westerners, that is what the voters watching TV here at home want… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
“He realised that comfortable surroundings, indeed the gilded surroundings of his own life until then, and all the things that went with that, don't… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
It would be so good to settle down and become part of somewhere again, instead of constantly passing through — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
It would be a miracle of God if it happened. I know it... If God wills it, the summer rains will fill the wadis...… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
“In this country faith is absolute and universal. The choice, if there is a choice, is made at birth. Everyone believes. For these people,… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
“I am in another world, a world where faith and prayer are instinctive and universal, where not to pray, not to be able to… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
I taught you to take the first step: to learn to believe in belief. And one day you will take the second step and… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
