“I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that’s all she can do. That and hope.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
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