“There is a way to be good again...”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir”
― 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
“ ما أعجب الأشياء التي نفكر فيها في تلك المساحة بين الحياة و الموت ..”
― Mornings in Jenin
― Mornings in Jenin
“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
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