Quotes About Connection

And the Mountains Echoed BY KHALED HOSSEINI

His little body convulsed in my arms with each sob.

But somehow, over these last months, Laila and Aziza—a harami like herself, as it turned out—had become extensions of her, and now, without them, the life Mariam had tolerated for so long suddenly seemed intolerable.

Ninguna molestia, en absoluto. Vayamos a lo importante, ¿necesitas algo? —dijo el general Taheri—. ¿Nada de nada? Pídemelo como se lo pedirías a un hermano.

Aún no nos han presentado como es debido —dije. Le tendí la mano—. Soy Amir. Miró primero la mano y luego a mí. —¿Eres el Amir del que me hablaba agha padre?

nereye giderseniz gidin ülkeniz peÅŸinizden gelir.

eyes are windows to the soul.

That night, it was blessing enough to be beside him. It was blessing enough to know that he was here, to feel the warmth of him next to her, to lie with him, their heads touching, his right hand laced in her left.

I wanted to pull him close, hold him, tell him the world had been unkind to him, not the other way around.

Ojalá recordaras las calles atestadas, con aquel olor a kibbeh frito, y los paseos que dábamos al atardecer con tu madre por la plaza de la Torre del Reloj.

But it is important to know this, to know your roots. To know where you started as a person. If not, your own life seems unreal to you. Like a puzzle…Like you have missed the beginning of a story and now you are in the middle of it, trying to understand.

I wish you remembered Homs as I do, Marwan.

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

There were times when, like a word on the tip of her tongue, Mariam's face eluded her. But now, in this place, it's easy to summon Mariam behind the lids of her eyes.

of you ask me for more. It's late, and we have a long day of travel ahead of us, Pari, you and I. You will need your sleep tonight. And you too, Abdullah.

Uçurtma uçurman?n ayr?lmaz bir parças? da buydu: zihnin uçurtmanla birlikte oradan oraya savrulurdu.

This is the real house of God, this is where those who have lost God will find Him, not the white masjid with its bright diamond lights and towering minarets.

entre las personas que se habían criado del mismo pecho existían unos lazos de hermandad que ni el tiempo podía romper.

I firmly believed that if I had picked up a rifle and gone on a murdering rampage, I would have still had the benefit of her unblinking love.

En eso consistía volar cometas; en dejar que tu cabeza volara junto a ella.

Sekarang hanya ada kau dan aku. Hanya kau dan aku.

Aku dan Baba tinggal di rumah yang sama, namun dalam dimensi yang berbeda. Layang-layang adalah lembaran setipis kertas yang bisa menyatukan kedua dimensi itu.

Habíamos disfrutado de un efímero buen momento (no eran tantas las veces que Baba hablaba conmigo, y mucho menos teniéndome sentado sobre sus piernas) y había sido idiota al desperdiciarlo.

field. I'll meet you there.