The Dhow House

Passion can be constructive but lust is always destructive.’

emotional quarantine,

Knowledge should be empowering. But it ended up crushing you.

Burns was

The decision announced itself without bothering to ask my opinion.

She might be very young, or her own age.

Africa is no more corrupt than Europe; there are just fewer ways to hide it here.’

Mostly you find out that what you thought you feared doesn’t frighten you at all, but then something comes along which you had never thought of, and you’re terrified.’

eating the distance.

‘I’ve thought myself out of relationships. I’m not unhappy about it.’ ‘But you’re not happy either.’ ‘I’m neutral, and in a neutral place I am less likely to do damage.’