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“It was night when the lights woke me, the time of night when you're struck between yesterday and today and everything's so quiet and deaf with sleep there's no sign of the morning coming to get you. It was the time of night that calls for a stretch and a smile.”
― Born Under a Million Shadows
― Born Under a Million Shadows
“In fact, I couldn't help thinking that despite their height, adults were just plain unbelievably stupid: men were blowing up other men; soldiers were shooting at children; men were ignoring women they loved; the women who loved them pretended they didn't; and when I read the newspapers to Pir Hederi everyone they talked about seemed to be far more interested in rules and arguments and taking sides than the actual business of living.”
― Born Under a Million Shadows
― Born Under a Million Shadows
“I know most people think of spring as the season of new beginnings, when women chase the winter dirt from their homes, when the plants come out of hiding and the animals give birth to their new babies, but for me autumn is the season that whispers fresh promise.”
― Born Under a Million Shadows
― Born Under a Million Shadows
“Were we really so different from one another?”
― Born Under a Million Shadows
― Born Under a Million Shadows
“Education is the key to Afghanistan's successful future, Fawad, because it fights ignorance and intolerance and brings the blessing of opportunity. When a man has knowledge he has power- the power to make informed decisions; the power to distinguish truth from lies; and the power to shape his own destiny in accordance with God's wills. He is stronger than the ignorant man, who can do nothing but blindly accept the supposed learning of another.”
― Born Under a Million Shadows
― Born Under a Million Shadows
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