A man has to find a good woman, and when he finds her he has to win her love. then he has to earn her respect. then he has to cherish her trust. and then he has to, like, go on doing that for as long as they live. Until they both die. That's what it's all about. That's the most important thing in the world. That's what a man is, Yaar. A man is truly a man when he wins the love of a good woman, earns her respect, and keeps her trust. Until you do that, you're not a man.

The truth is a bully we all pretend to like

The more you try to be like someone else, the more you find yourself standing in the way.

The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering.

Slowly, desolately, the fist of what we'd done unclenched the clawed palm of what we'd become.

Some of the worst wrongs, were caused by people who tried to change things.

The voice, Afghan matchmakers say, is more than half of love.