We divided the world into two kinds of people: those like us, whose time and fate (however it fell out) were their own; and the faceless, dreamless, workaday drones who seemed to us a kingdom of Pharaoh's slaves.
"Waxaan doonaynaa kursigaan inay yeelato qof dumar ah, maxaa yeelay iyaga ayaa xaq uleh inay ku tartamaan maadaama labadii kursi ee kale ay qaateen rag, sida Cabdiraxmaan Faroole oo qaatay kursigii aqalka sare iyo xubintii kale ee aqalka hoose oo loo wareejiyay magaalada Kismaayo,"ayay dhaheen qaar kamid ah nabadoonada ka hadlay shirkaan jaraa'id.