I’ll die if you go. The Jinn will come, and I’ll have one of my fits. …

Khaled Hosseini
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I’ll die if you go. The Jinn will come, and I’ll have one of my fits. You’ll see, I’ll swallow my tongue and die. Don’t leave me, Mariam jo. Please stay. I’ll die if you go. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2009). A Thousand Splendid Suns, p.20, Bloomsbury Publishing
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