

“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns

“She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed. ”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns

“But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns

“أحسد الأطفال الرضّع، لأنهم يملكون وحدهم حق الصراخ والقدرة عليه، قبل أن تروض الحياة حبالهم الصوتية، وتعلِّمهم الصمت”
― ذاكرة الجسد
― ذاكرة الجسد
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