Reading: “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Nana put down the bowl of chicken feed. She lifted Mariam’s chin with a finger.
“Look at me, Mariam.”
Reluctantly, Mariam did.
Nana said, “Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter:
Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.” – A Thousand Splendid Suns, pg. 7

“A Thousand Splendid Suns”
Author: Khaled Hosseini
– A New York Times Bestseller-

Reading: “Quiet” by Susan Cain

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

“But what if you admire the hyperthymic among us, but also like your calm and thoughtful self? What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were more, not fewer, reflective types in the world?” – Quiet: Cain, pg. 39

“Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking”
Author: Susan Cain
-A New York Times Bestseller-

“Patience does not mean to passively endure…”

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

“Patience does not mean to passively endure.
It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process.
It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn.
Impatience means to be shortsighted as to not able to see the outcome.

The lovers of God never runs out of patience,
for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.”

– Maulana Jalaluddin al-Rumi –