A Thousand Splendid Suns

"She is just a girl."

"I have given you all I can."

"Women like us... we endure."

"I wish I could be brave the way you were."

"Better to be another man's slave than your own."

"I am the bearer of water. I am the maker of fire."

"Suffering is a great teacher. It has made you a better woman."

"A girl who has no ghosts is lucky."

"Women like us, we endure."

"You can't scare me. I'm already scared."

"I will wait. Even if it takes a hundred years."

"Women like us... we endure."

"Do you know what I think happened? He just fell out of love."

"Every word I uttered was a stone I had dropped down a cliff."

"I am like the weather. Sometimes sunny, sometimes stormy."

"The past cannot be escaped, only endured."

"We are defined by our choices, not our circumstances."

"A woman's life is written by others."

"In the end, we are all fighting for our children."

"My father never acknowledged me, but I survived."

"Forgiveness is a luxury reserved for those with power."

"I will not be broken by you."

"We endure, we survive."

"Love can turn a bitter heart sweet."

"I want to be useful in this world."

"You ought to be beaten for this insolence, but I won't."

"I am just a harami, unworthy of kindness."

"There is no hope for me."

"Like a compass needle that always points north, a man's role is to provide for his family."

"She understands that forgiveness is a burden others place on you."