Laila Quotes

“Marriage can wait, education cannot.”

“A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated, Laila. No chance.”

“Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.”

“The Chinese say it’s better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.”

“But the game involves only male names. Because, if it’s a girl, Laila has already named her.”

“She would never leave her mark on Mammy’s heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy’s heart was like a pallid beach where Laila’s footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed.”

“Tell your secret to the wind, but don’t blame it for telling the trees.”

“Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that’s all she can do. That and hope.”