key quotes Flashcards
Like a compass needle that…
points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Nana, Part 1, Chapter 1
He let her sleep…
on the street. On the street. Narrator, Part 1, Chapter 5
It ends here for you and me….
Say your good-byes.
Mariam, Part 1, Chapter 8
There was something vaguely…
unsettling about the way Rasheed seemed to loom over the woman.
Narrator, Part 1, Chapter 12
How quietly we endure all…
that falls upon us.
Nana, Part 1, Chapter 13
Now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage….
Bad food, and nothing else.
Rasheed, Part 1, Chapter 15
The elderly man in the brown suit was …
leaning on a cane, looking up at the house.
Narrator, Part 2, Chapter 16
Laila, my love, the only enemy an Afghan…
cannot defeat is himself.
Babi, Part 2, Chapter 18
Giti was…
dead. Dead. Blown to pieces.
Narrator, Part 2, Chapter 24
He spoke through the door and…
promised that he would come back … for her.
Narrator, Part 2, Chapter 25
She … let her finger bleed…
on the sheets where they had lain together.
Narrator, Part 3, Chapter 30
Mariam would always …
admire Laila for how much time passed before she screamed.
Narrator, Part 3, Chapter 39
This was the first time that she was deciding…
the course of her own life.
Narrator, Part 3, Chapter 45
The dreams leave Laila …
shaken. … It is devastating. Every time, it is devastating.
Narrator, Part 4, Chapter 48
I know you were very close …
friends … the two of you.
Rasheed, Part 3, Chapter 29
