“What is gone is gone and will not come back. When the earth swallows, it swallows forever and we are left to stumble along feeling the absences. These are our burdens.” — 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
“This life is difficult. We lose fathers, brothers, mothers, songbirds and pieces of ourselves. Whips strike the innocent, honors go to the guilty, and… — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
“Children always forgive their mothers. That's the way God's designed them. He gives them two arms, two legs, and a heart that will cry… — Nadia Hashimi Copy Share Image
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