She is furious with herself for her own stupidity. Opening herself up like this, voluntarily, to a lifetime of worry and anguish. It was madness. Sheer lunacy. A spectacularly foolish and baseless faith, against enormous odds, that a world you do not control will not take from you the one thing you cannot bear to lose. Faith that the world will not destroy you. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.225, A&C Black
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- A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2008). A Thousand Splendid Suns, p.26, A&C Black
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