Malak’s Reviews > A Thousand Splendid Suns > Status Update

"Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam."

"Had she not given this man her youth?
Had she ever justly deserved his meanness?"

Rasheed making a 15 yo girl wear a burqa always makes me breathless.

"A man’s heart is a wretched, wretched thing, Mariam. It isn’t like a mother’s womb. It won’t bleed, it won’t stretch to make room for you."