A Thousand Splendid Suns

"The body remembers what the mind tries to forget."

"Kindness is a rebellion in a world of cruelty."

"Patience is the virtue of those without choice."

"A woman's will can move mountains."

"The truth is often too painful to speak aloud."

"Silence can be both a shield and a weapon."

"Destiny is not written, it is lived."

"True companionship is found in shared suffering."

"Fear is the jailer of the soul."

"There is no redemption without acknowledgment of guilt."

"A woman finds her strength in the darkest places."

"Cruelty disguises itself as tradition."

"Some bonds cannot be broken, only bent."

"Education is the only path to liberation."

"To love is to be vulnerable to infinite suffering."

"The scars we carry tell the story of our survival."

"In this land, a woman's voice is like an echo in a canyon."

"Forgiveness is a luxury we cannot always afford."

"I have endured too much to be broken by words."

"A woman's only dignity is her veil."

"Duty and honor are not mere words to hide behind."

"In the end, we are all just looking for someone to hold our hand."

"Like an old piece of cloth, I have been patched and repatched, until not much of the original remains."

"There is no honor in pity."

"You will always be a crack in my wall."

"I am the wife of an idealist. When his ideals change, so shall I."

"I will always find you."

"We endure. It's all we have."

"A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb."

"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your own colors."