She was an extraordinary woman, and I went to bed that night feeling l…

Khaled Hosseini
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She was an extraordinary woman, and I went to bed that night feeling like I was perhaps more than ordinary myself. This was the effect she had on me. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.87, A&C Black
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