“I wondered if that was
how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but
with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away
unannounced in the middle of the night.”
― Khaled Hosseini
"She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said,
'why?,'
and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly
happy. Happiness like this is so frightening.' I
asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be
this happy if they're preparing to take something
from you.'"