She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion, he would resolve with punches, slaps, kicks, and sometimes try to make amends for with polluted apologies, and sometimes not.
Khaled HosseiniLaila came to believe that of all the hardships a person has to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
Khaled HosseiniIn the coming days and weeks, Laila would scramble frantically to commit it all to memory, what happened next. Like an art lover running out of a burning museum, she would grab whatever she could--a look, a whisper, a moan--to salvage from perishing to preserve. But time is the most unforgiving of fires, and she couldn't, in the end, save it all.
Khaled Hosseinithere is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life... you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a ather. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness... there is no act more wretched than stealing.
Khaled HosseiniHe says this is war. There is no shame in war. Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
Khaled HosseiniLearn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.
Khaled HosseiniStichwörter: men women alone sad violence man-s-heart
I’ll die if you go. The Jinn will come, and I’ll have one of my fits. You’ll see, I’ll swallow my tongue and die. Don’t leave me, Mariam jo. Please stay. I’ll die if you go.
Khaled HosseiniStichwörter: leaving gone nana dont-go jalil mariam
I thought about you all the time. I used to pray that you’d live to be a hundred years old. I didn’t know. I didn’t know that you were ashamed of me.
Khaled HosseiniStichwörter: men sorrow sad betrayal daughter jalil
I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!
Khaled HosseiniStichwörter: world alone nana tough
Give sustenance, Allah.
Give sustenance to me.
Stichwörter: spiritual sorrow sad allah sustenance
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