“And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Regret... when it comes to you, I have oceans of it.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― 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.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
"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.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Everything in life has a place, and when one thing moves, it must go somewhere else.”
― A Place Called Here
― A Place Called Here
“Fifteen minutes later, Justin looks at his pint of blood with pride. He doesn't want it to go to some stranger, he almost wants to bring it to the hospital himself, survey the wards and present it to someone special, for it's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a very long time.”
― Thanks for the Memories
― Thanks for the Memories
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