“One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“ لا أريد منكِ أن تفني كيانك فى كيانى ولا فى كيان أي إنسان. ولا أريد لك أن تستمدى ثقتك فى نفسك وفى الحياة مني أو من أي أنسان. أريد لك كيانك الخاص المستقل، والثقة التى تنبعث من النفس لا من الآخرين. وإذ ذاك –عندما يتحقق لكِ هذا- لن يستطيع أحد أن يحطمك، لا أنا ولا أي مخلوق. إذ ذاك فقط، تستطيعين أن تلطمي من يلطمك وتستأنفى المسير. وإذ ذاك فقط تستطيعين أن تربطي كيانك بكيان الآخرين، فيزدهر كيانك وينمو ويتجدد، وإذ ذاك فقط تحققين السعادة.”
― الباب المفتوح
― الباب المفتوح
“There is a way to be good again...”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“The land and everything on it can be taken away, but no one can take away your knowledge or the degrees you earn”
― Mornings in Jenin
― Mornings in Jenin
“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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