Where I come from," said Archie, "a bloke likes to get to know a girl before he marries her."
"Where you come from it is customary to boil vegetables until they fall apart. This does not mean," said Samad tersely, "that it is a good idea.
… the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.
You are never stronger… than when you land on the other side of despair.