

“And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns

“They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed

“it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner

“For you, a thousand times over”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner

“Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
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