He smiles at her. Some people wait their entire lives to be smiled at like that.
“There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
― Lords and Ladies
― Lords and Ladies
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.”
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“If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat.”
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“I didn’t go there looking for you. I went looking for me.” My voice is soft, low, and shaky. “But now, here you are, and somehow, in finding you, I think I’ve found myself.”
― Every Last Word
― Every Last Word
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