Quotes from bookA Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. It is his second, following his bestselling 2003 debut, The Kite Runner. Mariam is an illegitimate child, and suffers from both the stigma surrounding her birth along with the abuse she faces throughout her marriage. Laila, born a generation later, is comparatively privileged during her youth until their lives intersect and she is also forced to accept a marriage proposal from Rasheed, Mariam's husband.
“You’re not going to cry, are you?
- I am not going to cry! Not over you. Not in a thousand years.”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
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“Tariq: Who's going to tell her? You?”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
“What good is it? All this, what good is it? -Mariam”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
“Tariq: For you, Laila, I'd go all over the world”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
“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)
“Hasina: That's because you have a beard, my dear.”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
“Mariam: I can't beleive what you are now, if you were a Benz before.”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
“Giti: Nobody ever came for my hand.”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
“Jalil: I think you look like a queen.”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
“Laila (at fourteen years): What would your mother say when she saw you smoke?”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
