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In the City by the Sea QUOTES

In the City by the Sea QUOTES

1 " On those days, Hasan understood what Ami had meant when she said that there are memories that cannot be spoken of, because to speak of them imperfectly is to rob the of something vital, though to leave them intact, inside, is to leave no space for anything else in your life. "

― Kamila Shamsie , In the City by the Sea

2 " They have made me understand how the City can get under your skin, and never be sweated out. I mean, it’s still aesthetically traumatic, but it’s got spirit. "

― Kamila Shamsie , In the City by the Sea

3 " There were moments, Hasan, when I like to think that the stars are bullet-holes. For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star, with so great a radiance that it can never be put out, it can never be imprisoned. But if that really were true, the last three months in this city would have erased every trace of blackness from the sky. "

― Kamila Shamsie , In the City by the Sea