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“The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.”
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“In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“When you have lived as long as I have, the div replied, you find that cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same color.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Miriam wished for so much in those final moments. Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Miriam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad. This was a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate belongings.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Mayar’s 2025 Year in Books
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