13 Quotes by Saleem Haddad

There is no such thing as forcing someone to be free.

I loved Taymour because he was from here, because everything in him reminded me of everything here, because to love him was to love this city and its history. And yet I couldn’t love him because he was from here and so held ideas of how to be and how to love, which would never fit in with the love that we shared.

After all, aren’t housekeepers the bearers of all family secrets.

All things in life, no matter how small, have some level of significance.