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“I had a very rough and tumultuous childhood. I often wish that I had the opportunity to make my own choices in life and choose my own path. But at the same time, I realize that things happen the way they're supposed to.”
“I laughed. Partly at the joke, partly at how Afghan humor never changed. Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a robot had rolled on the surface of Mars, and in Afghanistan we were still telling Mullah Nasruddin jokes.”
“Nothing that had happened in the past could be taken away. This was an amazing gift. The past was done and over and settled; you couldn't get it back, but still, whatever good you had gotten from it, spiritually, emotionally, would be yours for your lifetime.”

Source : Nancy Werlin (2011). “Extraordinary”, p.161, Penguin
“Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.”
“When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for the variety.”
“Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.”
“Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.”
“I'm constantly feeding my metabolism. But at the same time if I want to go one night and have a nice dinner then I won't sweat it the next day.”

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