Adib Khan

Stop trying to be a magician. The past won__ come back. It likes its safety in memory.

I don__ enjoy surprises that compel me to renegotiate my relationship with the past.

We have to live within the framework of our limitations and the mistakes we make. Argue with Destiny, but never try to wrestle it into submission. If you do, you__l end up losing.

I wish I had the gift of religious faith. Sometimes I long to believe in a structured universe designed purposefully for mankind.

I suspect each of us uses the past to prop up the bruised present. It__ a clumsy try for the comfort of normality.

If manifestations of her love are overwhelming and sometimes seem imprudent, it__ because the intensity of such caring doesn__ exist in other areas of life. Ma does not love from behind a protective shield. I__ incapable of opening up to people in the way she does. Ma isn__ afraid of being vulnerable and doesn__ measure relationships in terms of what she can gain. If her feelings are hurt, she doesn__ hide the pain or seek revenge. She stumbles over the setback as though it__ one of life__ quirky tests of fortitude and moves on without storing any resentment.