"Do something real here in this house instead of these foolish magazines."
Work
"A girl shouldn't get any ideas."
Power
"Do you know what the disease is, Laila? It is the disease of thinking you deserve something."
Power
"Wear your nose ring and your Western clothes if you want. Play your music. But do not do these things expecting to be spared the consequences of your choices."
Wisdom
"You can't put the fear of God into people's hearts if you don't first give them something to fear."
Fear
"I am the most powerful man, in this household and beyond. So long as I am alive, no one sets terms but me."
Power
"A woman's first duty is to her family, her husband, her children."
Family
"The boy is dead. Accept it."
Death
"A man's honor is worth more than his child."
"There is no honor in pity."
"A woman without a man is a shadow."
Truth
"Like a compass needle that always points north, a man's role is to provide for his family."
Family
"You ought to be beaten for this insolence, but I won't."
Power
"She is just a girl."
"A woman's place is in the home, and her worth is measured by her obedience."
Family
"A woman without a man is a house without a roof."
Relationships
"It's an old, old story. But it never gets boring."
Truth
"I am going to break every bone in your body."
Fear
"You think you are clever, but you are stupid."
Power
"You are my burden to carry."
Relationships
"A woman's face is her first mirror - a barren woman is nothing."
"You see how cracked the plaster is? How the roof leaks? This is no place for a decent woman."
"You think I don't see what goes on? You think I'm stupid?"
"Do you really think I would take a thief to wife?"
"A woman should be grateful for what she has."
Gratitude
"Like a compass needle that always points north, a man's role is to provide direction, to rule. It is the nature of men."
Power
"Kabul's whores are made, not born."
"You think I am a fool. That I don't see things."
"This is your life now. Accept it."
"You will never be worth what they pay for a boy."