“But ‘touch’ was the one thing modern technology didn’t allow, and without it she and her sister had lost something vital to their way of being together.”

“What was the point of surrounding yourself with other versions of yourself all the time?” – Eamonn Lone

“Everything else you can live around, but not death. Death you have to live through.” – Aneeka

“The one thing that the violent respect is more violence.” – Farooq

What would you stop at to help the people you love most? Well, you obviously don’t love anyone very much if your love is contingent on them always staying the same.” – Aneeka

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie