Manil Suri quotes:

Since the future's so iffy, I'll turn my attention to the past.

To think I need a gun to protect against those who'd kill me for being Muslim ... It's too bad they don't know about my true religion of noodling - a reason to get their nuts in a snit.

They used Akbar's principles to formulate a version of Islam that could peacefully co-exist with other religions (or so they claimed). An Emperor's Bequest to Islam, their joint 1,300-page doorstopper, spent twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover alone. The fact that they remained practicing Muslims (albeit the liberal, wine-guzzling kind) put their message in high international demand.

Sarita's been so busy exercising her brain that she hasn't had time for her heart, the poor thing.

God knows nothing gets accomplished in the world these days without terrorism.