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“Stones don't have to be whole to be lovely," he says. "Even cracked ones can be polished and set. Small diamonds, if they are clear and well cut, can be more valuable than big ones with impurities. Listen," he says. Sometimes the brightest stars shine brightest, no?”
― The Map of Salt and Stars
― The Map of Salt and Stars
“Every place you go becomes a part of you. But none more so than home.”
― The Map of Salt and Stars
― The Map of Salt and Stars
“God smiles through the cracks in broken things.”
― The Map of Salt and Stars
― The Map of Salt and Stars
“There is a goodness in the world that got me through, that taught me it's important to know who you are.”
― The Map of Salt and Stars
― The Map of Salt and Stars
“New York?" Itto looks down at me. "You may be American, but you are still Syrian."
I rub the camel's coarse hair with my palms. "How?"
"A person ca be two things at the same time," Itto says. "The land where your parents were born will always be in you. Words survive. Borders are nothing to words and blood.”
― The Map of Salt and Stars
I rub the camel's coarse hair with my palms. "How?"
"A person ca be two things at the same time," Itto says. "The land where your parents were born will always be in you. Words survive. Borders are nothing to words and blood.”
― The Map of Salt and Stars
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