“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“Never deny yourself love, my child. For to deny love is to deny God's greatest gift. And who are we to deny God?”
― Beneath a Marble Sky
― Beneath a Marble Sky
“I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Around the World in 80 Books
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