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Khaled Hosseini

"And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion."

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"And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion."

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"Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I have never been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change such a situation as mine."

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"I love being in a show. I love the community aspect of it. I like the discipline of it, too."

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"Ahesta boro, Mah-e-man, ahesta boro."
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"Then I think of all the tricks, all the minutes all the hours and days and weeks and months and years waiting for me. All of it without them. And I can't breathe then, like someone's stepping on my heart, Laila. So weak I just want to collapse somewhere."
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"Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed."
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"Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons."
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"MamA believed in loyalty above all, even at the cost of self-denial. She also believed it was always best to tell the truth, to tell it plainly, without fanfare, and the more disagreeable the truth, the sooner you had to tell it."
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