ومع ذلك كانت تغادر العالم امرأةً عرفت الحبّ وأُحِبّت في المقابل. كانت تغادره صديقةً، ورفيقةً، وحاميةً، وأمًّا، وأخيرًا كائنًا له شأنه.

“and yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had love and been loved back. she was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. a mother. a person of consequence at last.”Khaled Hosseini — A Thousand Splendid Suns (2009)