““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 escape all of that. Ask for too much and it might actually turn out worse. But I can pray for small things, like fertile fields, a mother’s love, a child’s smile—a life that’s less bitter than sweet.””
![“[My father,] A man who had been taught only to destroy found it hard to create.” quote by Nadia Hashimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/517/nadia-hashimi-30877_father_my-father-a-man-who-had-been-taught-only_217071.jpg)
