

“Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
― The Use Of Life
― The Use Of Life

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long shot.”
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
― If Cats Disappeared from the World

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.”
― Seven Gothic Tales
― Seven Gothic Tales

“Farther out beyond the reef, where the coral gives way to the true deep, at a certain time of day a tribe of flat silver fish gather in their thousands. To be there is to be surrounded by living shards of light. At a secret signal, all is chaos, a thousand mirrors shattering about him. Then the school speeds to sea and the boy is left in sedate water, a tug and pull of the body as comfortable as sitting in his father’s outspread sarong being sung to sleep.”
― Island of a Thousand Mirrors
― Island of a Thousand Mirrors
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