A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, a…

Khaled Hosseini
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A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.402, A&C Black
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