“And that, ...is the story of our country, one invasion after another...Macedonians. Saddanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we're like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“It takes no compromise to give people their rights...it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.”
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“And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again - so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again.”
― Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II
― Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II
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