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The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.

The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.

Khaled Hosseini
Weed, Spring, Flower
Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.188, Penguin

It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir

Khaled Hosseini
Spring, Snow, Bird
Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.168, A&C Black

The ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it somehow more terrible, and far more depressing. The word 'senseless' springs to mind, and Idris thwarts it. It's what people always say. A senseless act of violence. A senseless murder. As if you could commit sensible murder.

Khaled Hosseini
Depressing, Spring, People
Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.150, A&C Black

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