Shatha Qasrawi

“I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan-the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past- and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run.
In the end, I ran.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“أحس بالذكرى تدهس قلبه. كانت حياة عادية مثل أي حياة أخرى. لماذا تبدو الآن مستحيلة مثل خرافة؟”
― بثينة العيسى, خرائط التيه

“لقد علمته الأيام الماضية ألا يثق بهذا الأمل الكاذب المباغت الذي يتفجر في القلب بلا رحمة ويدميه”
― بثينة العيسى, خرائط التيه

“It was Homaira and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir Jan : in the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner