Important passages/Chapter 8

Important passages/ chapter 8

-“Father is Punjabi first, then comes the religion” (page 41/ line 19+20)
-“His voice was super-calm” (page 42/line 18)
-“They wanted him to make a decision- yes or no.” (page 42/line 39/40)
-“He didn’t really have a choice.” (page 42/ line 40)
-“We brought you up to be a good Punjabi.” (page 44/ line 1ff)
-“emotional blackmailing” (page 44/ line 20)
-“really strict upbringing” (page 41/ line 29)
-“I didn’t know what I was going to do” (page 42/ line 2) end?
-“Blood will always be blood” (page 44/ line 4)
-“My dad had always sorted everything out.” (page 42/ line 36ff)
-“…because you think that you are something different from us. Something special.” (page 44/ line 2ff)
-“I have spoken …” (page 42/ line 23)
-“I was hearing but not listening.” (page 43/ line 10f)
-“Is that it? Do you want to kill your mother?” (line 33f)
-“I mean how could I become the cause of so much grief and sadness for my parents?” (page 45, line 3f)