“However wretched you may be, never say you are wretched, for I shall never make beggars of you.”
Nakayama Miki (1798–1887) Founder of Tenrikyo
The Life of Oyasama, Foundress of Tenrikyo, p. 33
The Life of Oyasama
“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.”
Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
Context: Nana (to Mariam) : A man's heart isn't like a woman's womb, Mariam! It won't bleed, it won't make room for you. A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. I'm all you have in this world, Mariam and when I'm gone, you'll have nothing. You are nothing!
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