Quotes About Connection

She was just about the liveliest, happiest person I'd ever met. He smiled at the memory. She had this laugh. I swear it's why I married her, Laila, for that laugh. It bulldozed you. You stood no chance against it.

Durante un par de horas cada jueves, cuando Yalil la visitaba, entre sonrisas y regalos y palabras cariñosas, Mariam se sentía merecedora de toda la belleza y los obsequios que podía ofrecer la vida. Y por eso Mariam lo quería.

Bagaimana dia bisa dengan begitu mudah membaca pikiranku, sementara aku tidak tahu setengah pun dari isi kepalanya? Padahal akulah yang mengenyam bangku sekolah, yang bisa membaca dan menulis. Akulah yang pintar. Hassan tidak mampu membaca buku pelajaran untuk kelas satu, namun dia mampu membaca banyak hal yang tersembunyi dalam diriku. Meresahkan memang, tapi rasanya cukup nyaman memiliki seseorang yang selalu mengetahui kebutuhanmu.

I remembered how, as a boy, I would stew over all the things Mamá wouldn't do, things other mothers did. Hold my hand when we walked. Sit me up on her lap, read bedtime stories, kiss my face good night. Those things were true enough. But, all those years, I'd been blind to a greater truth, which lay unacknowledged and unappreciated, buried deep beneath my grievances. It was this: that my mother would never leave me.

Lalu dia akan mengingatkan kami tentang ikatan persaudaraan bagi orang-orang satu susuan, ikatan persaudaraan yang tak akan bisa diputuskan, bahkan oleh waktu.

You're still the morning sun to my yelda, Dostet darum. I love you.

I wonder if he's ever tasted salt water or got dizzy watching the tide pull away from his feet

We saw our first Western together, Rio Bravo with John Wayne, at the Cinema Park, across the street from my favorite bookstore.

largo: —¿Ésta eres tú? —Y éste tú, tío Idris. —¿O sea que antes tenías el pelo largo? —Mi hermana me lo cepillaba todas las noches.

Nul ne pourrais compter les lunes qui luisent sur ses toits Ni les mille soleils splendides qui se cachent derrière ses murs.

Kata orang, mata adalah jendela jiwa.

Boys. . .didn't make a show of friendship. They felt no urge, no need. . .boys. . .treated friendship the way they treated the sun: it's existence undisputed, it's radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly

Notaba el frío del suelo bajo los pies descalzos y, de pronto, por primera vez desde que habíamos cruzado la frontera, sentí que estaba de vuelta en casa. Después de todos aquellos años, estaba de nuevo en casa, pisando la tierra de mis antepasados.

I rolled him over so he faced me. He felt light as a dream. I placed a kiss on his dry, cracked lips. I put a pillow between his face and my chest and reached for the back of his head. I held him against me in a long, tight embrace.

C'était toujours pareil avec les cerfs-volants. Vos pensées dérivent en même temps qu'eux.

Vi que Farid miraba también, con su mano igualmente amputada colgando a un lado. Me acordé de los hijos de Wahid y... entonces comprendí una cosa: que no abandonaría Afganistán sin encontrar a Sohrab.

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

Les yeux sont le miroir de l'âme affirme-t-on. Jamais ce dicton n'a été plus vrai que dans le cas d'Ali, car elle ne pouvait se dévoiler qu'à travers eux.

waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.

big hazel eyes...she had this laugh... I can still hear it sometimes.

People say that eyes are windows to the soul. Never was that more true than with Ali, who could only reveal himself through his eyes.

That was the thing about kite flying : your mind drifted with the kite

In these letters, I see the unique ability fiction has to connect people, and I see how universal some human experiences are: shame, guilt, regret, friendship, love, forgiveness, atonement.

People say that eyes are windows to the soul. Never was that more true than with Ali, who could only reveal himself through his eyes. I