I think the changes that have happened, there have been come positive, but by and large, you have to say the changes have been negative. The situation has reached a fairly critical stage in Afghanistan.

Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse in someone, I say, 'May God give you a restaurant.

People find meaning and redemption in the most unusual human connections.

Regret... when it comes to you, I have oceans of it.

Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock. And

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

True redemption is...when guilt leads to good.