Afghanistan Quote by Nadia Hashimi

““I am from Afghanistan. I do not want to be refugee in Turkey or Greece. I am alone. I am fifteen.””

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“[My father,] A man who had been taught only to destroy found it hard to create.”

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“As children inch their way into adolescence, the parent changes. He is an authority, a source of answers, and a chastising voice. Depending on…

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“Many of our decisions were not decisions at all. We were herded into one choice or another, to put it gently.”

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“The person most likely to drown in the river is the one who believes he can swim. In”

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“Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell”

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“..."there's a special kind of hurt in learning that your parents are not the angels or saviors you wish them to be...”

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“In the darkness, when you cannot see the ground under your feet and when your fingers touch nothing but night, you are not alone.…

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“People have different ways of saying good-bye, especially when it is forever. A”

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“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…

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“What is gone is gone and will not come back. When the earth swallows, it swallows forever and we are left to stumble along…

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“yet. Even here, in this open room with Afghan”

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“This life is difficult. We lose fathers, brothers, mothers, songbirds and pieces of ourselves. Whips strike the innocent, honors go to the guilty, and…

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Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense.

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