“This life is difficult. We lose fathers, brothers, mothers, songbirds and pieces of ourselves. Whips strike the innocent, honors go to the guilty, and there is too much loneliness. I would be a fool to pray for my children to… — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“[My father,] A man who had been taught only to destroy found it hard to create.” — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“As children inch their way into adolescence, the parent changes. He is an authority, a source of answers, and a chastising voice. Depending on… — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“Many of our decisions were not decisions at all. We were herded into one choice or another, to put it gently.” — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“The person most likely to drown in the river is the one who believes he can swim. In” — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“..."there's a special kind of hurt in learning that your parents are not the angels or saviors you wish them to be...” — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“In the darkness, when you cannot see the ground under your feet and when your fingers touch nothing but night, you are not alone.… — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“People have different ways of saying good-bye, especially when it is forever. A” — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“Afghanistan is a land of widows and widowers, orphans and the missings. Missing a right leg, a left hand, a child,or a mother. Everyone… — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“What is gone is gone and will not come back. When the earth swallows, it swallows forever and we are left to stumble along… — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“I am from Afghanistan. I do not want to be refugee in Turkey or Greece. I am alone. I am fifteen.” — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
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