Clergyman's

“If I had had a daughter, I always knew what I would tell her. First of all, I would try to counter all outdated stereotypical claptrap that girls are commonly told about their sex–that women are valued far more for their sexual characteristics than their character and brains–and encourage her to be a truly independent person. Only knowing who she is herself will she be able to find find her own life’s work and make good decisions in choosing a partner and having children.”
— Doris Anderson

“His own life suddenly seemed repellently formal. Whom did he know or what did he know and whom did he love? Sitting on the stump under the burden of his father’s death and even the mortality inherent in the dying, wildly colored canopy of leaves, he somehow understood that life was only what one did every day…. Nothing was like anything else, including himself, and everything was changing all of the time. He knew he couldn’t perceive the change because he was changing too, along with everything”
— Jim Harrison

“I welcome you to my home as my son, as the husband of my daughter who is the noor of my eye. Your pain will be our pain, your joy our joy. I hope that you will come to see your Khala and Jamila and me as a second set of parents, and I pray for your and our lovely Soraya jan’s happiness. you both have our blessings.”
— Khaled Hosseini