Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.
Interpretation
Life has its moments of beauty, but often it can be harsh and unkind.
In this quote from Khaled Hosseini, the protagonist reflects on her life, recognizing that despite experiencing moments of beauty, the overall journey has been marked by hardship and unkindness. As she approaches the end of her life, she feels a longing for more life, highlighting the complex relationship between joy and suffering that shapes human existence.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
She would not shed a tear, she would not waste the rest of her years simmering in the maggot broth of memory.
I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.
Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too.
Living your best life is your most important journey in life.
Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole.
The great object of life is Sensation - to feel that we exist - even though in pain - it is this "craving void" which drives us to gaming - to battle - to travel - to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.
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