"If i say a word that is angry, he explained, then i should never be surprised by the harm. And if i say something good, then it is like watching my own garden grow, and that is the greatest pleasure ever. That's what Aisha and I are doing. We're planting a garden with our words. Our future. Everything careful and chosen well so the shoots come up strong and straight." -Ali Uncle

There was a rather.... overabundance of blogs centered around this quote, but simply couldn't help myself. I like Ali Uncle as a character. He works hard at the job he has, and he seems to really have time and genuine affection for Nadira which is something that we have not seen enough of so far in this book. It's always Aisha, all the time. He also manages to give real advice in a strong way without sounding preachy. He phrases what he wants to say in a way that's less osrt of demanding, but more just sort of trickles through the levels of your mind. You think about it. It's also just got some really rather nice imagery for a metaphor. As stated earlier- i like him.