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(chapters 1-10 (I shouldn't have left her. I should have-" (This…
chapters 1-10
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"you were a good daughter, Mariam Jo. Even in birth you were a good daughter"
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chapters 11-20
"Laila came to believe that of all the hardships a person had to face none were more punishing than the simple act of waiting."
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"Babi was a small man, with narrow shoulders and slim, delicate hands, almost like a woman's."
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chapters 31-40
"You're safe with me, my flower, my gul. Anyone tries to
harm you, I'll rip out their liver and make them eat it."
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"Mariam had never before been wanted like this. Love had never been declared to her so guilelessly, so unreservedly."
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"Laila thought now, for a mother to fear that she could not summon love for her own child. What an unnatural thing."
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final thoughts
"he was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last" ch47 pg 329
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“Laila, my love, the only enemy an Afghan cannot defeat is himself.” ch18 pg 122
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“I have customers, Mariam, men, who bring their wives to my shop. These women come uncovered, they talk to me directly, they look me in the eyes without shame. They wear makeup and skirts that show their knees. Sometimes they even put their feet in front of me" ch 10 pg 33
final thought
A Thousand splendid suns gives you a good point of view on how the world in other places are and how rough they can be. It also has a lot to do with relationships between different people and how some are stronger than others.
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