Arshiya

“And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Regret... when it comes to you, I have oceans of it.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“When Aziza first spotted Mariam in the morning, her eyes always sprang open, and she began mewling and squirming in her mother's grip. She thrust her arms toward Mariam, demanding to be held, her tiny hands opening and closing urgently, on her face a look of both adoration and quivering anxiety...

"Why have you pinned your little heart to an old, ugly hag like me?" Mariam would murmur into Aziza's hair... "What have I got to give you?"

But Aziza only muttered contentedly and dug her face in deeper. And when she did that, Mariam swooned. Her eyes watered. Her heart took flight. And she marveled at how, after all these years of rattling loose, she had found in this little creature the first true connection in her life of false, failed connections.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Everything in life has a place, and when one thing moves, it must go somewhere else.”
― Cecelia Ahern, A Place Called Here