“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“I dont think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated...”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham - all a sham, James, and it won't stand when things come to be turned inside out and put down for what they”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
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