“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Yet her father had taught her that failing to act in the face of human suffering is inhuman.”
― A Walk Across the Sun
― A Walk Across the Sun
“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“Evil prevails where good people do nothing.”
― A Walk Across the Sun
― A Walk Across the Sun
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