Salster

“I'm sorry," Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she sees, people find a way to survive, to go on.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“And I knew that in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her, what he secretly wanted when the wedding service ended was for her to flatten out underneath his feet like Mrs. Willard's kitchen mat.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“I awoke with a mild hangover.”
― Patti Smith

“I wondered if all women did with other women was lie and hug.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar