Author: Rumaan Alam

Quotes

It comforts the adult conscience to remember that, amid history's grave injustices, there were still great lives.

It comforts the adult conscience to remember that, amid history's grave injustices, there were still great lives.

- Rumaan Alam

There are probably some readers who don't want a great American writer to acknowledge that cleaning out the bottom drawer of the refrigerator has ever crossed their mind.

There are probably some readers who don't want a great American writer to acknowledge that cleaning out the bottom drawer of the refrigerator has ever crossed their mind.

- Rumaan Alam

Shopping for clothes is time consuming, it's tiring, and it can feel like a waste of an autumn afternoon.

Shopping for clothes is time consuming, it's tiring, and it can feel like a waste of an autumn afternoon.

- Rumaan Alam

Parenting is love, sure, but it's as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of vanity.

Parenting is love, sure, but it's as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of vanity.

- Rumaan Alam

It is true for my family and many others: Adoption has made us infinitely richer in the ways that matter most.

It is true for my family and many others: Adoption has made us infinitely richer in the ways that matter most.

- Rumaan Alam

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