Kamila Shamsie - Kartography (2002)

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We should have stories in common, I found myself thinking. We should have stories, and jokes no one understands, and memories that we know will stay alive because neither of us will let the other forget.

Kamila Shamsie

Somewhere deep within the marrow of our marrow, we were the same.

Kamila Shamsie

For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?

Kamila Shamsie

There's a ghost of a dream that you don't even try to shake free off because you're too in love with the way she haunts you.

Kamila Shamsie

The truths we conceal don't disappear Raheen, they appear in different forms

Kamila Shamsie

Bijli fails in the dead of night / Won't help to call I need a light / You're in Karachi now / Oh, oh you're in Karachi now. / Night is falling and you just can't see / Is this illusion or KESC / You're in Karachi now

Kamila Shamsie