Quote by Nadia Hashimi Download Open image ““yet. Even here, in this open room with Afghan”” — Nadia Hashimi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Take two Afghans who've never met, put them in a room for ten minutes, and they'll figure out how they're related.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“In Afghanistan, not much is for certain other than an open sky and eventual death. In between the two is family.” — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
“I feel no emotional connection to these outwardly human gestures. I am not there, because I never left Afghanistan.” — Jake Wood Copy Share Image
“It is time we accept there’s no Cronkite moment for Afghanistan. Perhaps it's time we value the hearts and minds of our own over… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“I doubt there is even a word in Afghani for peace. Nearest to it is probably a phrase that translates as “just getting my… — Nick Revell Copy Share Image
“As we drove around town I felt like the queen of Afghanistan. People were waving at me and the joy felt by the few… — Petra Procházková Copy Share Image
“There is nothing the Americans can do. Their presence here only fuels the fire of the Taliban hatred. It's as if everybody thinks that… — Deborah Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“(In the Afghan parliament, apparently, they disconnect the mics when they don’t want to hear the women speak).” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think that we should send all of the Killer Mediums to Afghanistan because al-Qaeda wouldn’t stand a chance.” — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
“As a hypothetical illustration, let us assume a conflict involving us in Afghanistan.” — J.C. Wylie 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