“I'm sorry," Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she sees, people find a way to survive, to go on.”

The quote "I'm sorry," Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss a…" is famous quote by Khaled Hosseini (1965), novelist.

Laila, p. 395
Variant: Every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she sees, people find a way to survive, to go on.
Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)

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