“And it helped me too because I could see that away from the politicians and their arguments, away from the suicide bombers and their murders, and away from the soldiers and their guns, people were good. Afghan people were good.” — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“In fact, I couldn't help thinking that despite their height, adults were just plain unbelievably stupid: men were blowing up other men; soldiers were shooting at children; men were ignoring women they loved; the women who loved them pretended they didn't; and when I read the newspapers to Pir Hederi everyone they talked about seemed to be far more interested… — Andrea Busfield Copy Share
“It appeared that in the West, if you were annoyed by just about anything you simply beat the nearest man to you.” — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“As she raced through the fields with her red scarf floating from her neck, I thought she looked like a firework.” — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“As I lay in my room, I looked back on the day with all of its colors and surprises- a day when the rich sat with the poor, the Godless with the believers, the foreigners with Afghans, the men with women, and the children with adults. It was how a perfect world might be if people didn't keep strangling one… — Andrea Busfield Copy Share
“The best weapon the Afghan people have against the Taliban or any other terrible power that may choose to put itself in Afghanistan is… — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think the dead have it easy. The difficult part is staying alive, and more than that, wanting to stay alive.” — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“Up to that point I'd never believed in love at first sight, and it's not something that you can easily explain, but it's a… — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“And it helped me too because I could see that away from the politicians and their arguments, away from the suicide bombers and their… — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“I know most people think of spring as the season of new beginnings, when women chase the winter dirt from their homes, when the… — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“Ponekad kada ne posjeduješ ama baš ništa, jedina stvar koje se možeš držati jeste ponos. Ali čak i obične riječi to ti mogu oduzeti.” — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
“I suppose that's all anybody ever wants in life- to find someone who thinks the world of them.” — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
