Avesta

“When you are caught between military and militants, there is no good”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

“As she walks to her desk at the front of the class, Laila thinks of the naming game they’d played again over dinner the night before. It has become a nightly ritual ever since Laila gave Tariq and the children the news. Back and forth they go, making a case for their own choice. Tariq likes Mohammad. Zalmai, who has recently watched Superman on tape, is puzzled as to why an Afghan boy cannot be named Clark. Aziza is
campaigning hard for Aman. Laila likes Omar.
But the game involves only male names. Because, if it’s a girl, Laila has already named her.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“I am the son of a great man. A goddess was my mother. Yet death and inexorable destiny are waiting for me as well.”
― Homer, The Iliad of Homer

“You cannot fight terrorism with terrorism.”
― Sahra Wagenknecht