But a human being, she, she, cannot simply exist; she is a hurricane, — The pickup

"he must depart within 14 days or face charges and deportation to his country of origin"

"That was the message of that grasp on her forearm: I am a man. I am the one who is not for you but who possesses you every night: listen to me"

"tell her once and for all what her ignorant obstinacy of coming with him to this place means, when she failed, with all her privilege at getting him accepted into hers."

"the women crowded about to prevent her from so much as putting her hands in water” ** page 136."

"the two with arms again about each other on the sofa quietly as if Ibrahim’s wife were a sister”"

"elective siblings who have distanced themselves from the ways of the past, their families"