

“It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed

“She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.”
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“For you, a thousand times over”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner

“I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner

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