Paradise

The dogs had known a shit-eater when they saw one.

scuttled from under rocks and writhed to their deaths in the burning light

There’s no point summoning the jinn from his busy life just to ask for a trinket,’ he said. ‘And if I ask for something silly he might take offence and not come again.’

There’s no foolishness in him, because he sees the world as it is. And it is a cruel bad place, you know that. Learn from him! Look sharp, look sharp

Blessed was the polite word for madman

We’re all like that, small-minded creatures misled by our ignorance.

‘Well, there’s a price for everything

What do you want me to do? Cry?' Khalil asked, laughing