Quotes About Strength

Em poucos anos, essa menina vai ser uma mulher que pede muito pouco da vida , que nunca incomoda ninguém, nunca deixa transparecer que ela também tem tristezas, desapontamentos, sonhos que foram menosprezados. Uma mulher que vai ser como uma rocha no leito de um rio, suportando tudo sem se queixar. Uma mulher cuja generosidade, longe de ser contaminada, foi forjada pelas turbulências que se abateram sobre ela.

There is no accounting for how the mind works. This moment, for instance. Of the thousands and thousands of moments my mother and I shared together through all the years, this is the one that shines the brightest, the one that vibrates with the loudest hum at the back of my mind: my mother looking up at me over her shoulder, her face upside down, all those dazzling points of light shimmering on her skin, her asking did I know how good and strong God had made me.

8- I walk in dusty sunsets through streets lined with graffiti-stained walls, past tin-shed stalls packed tightly against one another, crossing paths with little girls carrying basketfuls of raw dung on their heads women covered in black soot boiling rags in huge aluminum vats.

In a few years, this little girl will be a woman who makes small demands on life, who will never burden others, who will never let on that she has had sorrows, disappointment, dreams that have been ridiculed. A woman who will be like a rock in the riverbed, enduring without complaint, her grace not sullied but shaped by the turbulence that washes over her.

Hanya ada aku dan Homaira melawan seluruh dunia. Dan aku memberitahumu Amir jan. Pada akhirnya, dunia akan selalu menang. Begitulah dunia berjalan.

she pushing her.

But, mostly, Mariam is in Laila's own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.

And so Mariam raised the shovel high, raised it as high as she could, arching it so it touched the small of her back. She turned it so the sharp edge was vertical, and, as she did, it occurred to her that this was the first time she was deciding the course of her own life. And, with that, Mariam brought down the shovel. This time, she gave it everything she had.

El único enemigo al que un afgano no puede derrotar es a sí mismo.

the only enemy an Afghan cannot defeat is himself.

Recordé algo que en una ocasión Baba había mencionado sobre los pastunes. «Puede que seamos cabezotas, y sé que somos excesivamente orgullosos, pero, en un momento de necesidad, créeme que no hay nadie mejor que un pastún a tu lado.»

Look at me. Mariam did. Only one skill. And it's this: tahamul. Endure. Endure what, Nana? Oh, don't you fret about that, Nana said. There won't be any shortage of things.

Mariam SEPTEMBER 1997

Mariam is in Laila's own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.

Nothing wrong with cowardice, as long as it comes with prudence, but when a coward stops remembering who he is, God helps him.

questa vita che ci impone di sopportare dolore dopo dolore anche quando abbiamo superato ogni soglia di sopportazione.

Má»™t ??a tr? không bao gi? bi?t b?o v? mình s? tr? thành ng??i Ä'àn ông không bi?t b?o v? b?t c? th? gì

You can summon them in your time of need, and they won't fail you. God's words will never betray you, my girl.

Anak-anak harus mengetahui kehebatan ayah mereka.

I remembered something Baba had said about Pashtuns once. 'We may be hardheaded and I know we're far too proud, but, in the hour of need, believe me that there's no one you'd rather have at your side than a Pashtun.

There is only one, one skill a women like you and me needs in life, and they don't teach it in school. Look at me. Only one skill. And it's this: tahamul. Endure.

without complaint, her grace not sullied but shaped by the turbulence that washes over her. Already Laila sees something behind this young girl's eyes, something deep in her core

In cativa ani, aceasta fetita va fi o femeie care nu va cere niciodata prea mult de la viata, care nu va impovara niciodata pe nimeni, care nu se va plange niciodata de faptul ca are si ea regrete, dezamagiri, vise care i-au fost calcalte in picioare. O femeie care va fi ca o piatra de rau, indurandu-le pe toate fara sa se planga; taria ei nu va fi macinata, ci slefuita de tumultul care va trece peste ea.

People learned to live wifh the most unimaginable things. As would he. This was his life. This was his mother. This was his father. And this was him, even if he hadn't always known it.