In her smile, Idris sees how little of the world he has known, even at…

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In her smile, Idris sees how little of the world he has known, even at thirty-five years of age, its savageness, its cruelty, its boundless brutality. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.153, A&C Black
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In her smile, Idris sees how little of the world he has known, even at thirty-five years of age, its savageness, its cruelty, its boundless brutality. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.153, A&C Black

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