“Tariq (meeting Laila after ten years): It's good to see you, Laila.”

— Khaled Hosseini , book A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)

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“Tariq (meeting Laila after ten years): It's good to see you, Laila.”

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