A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

I never knew i could ever cry while reading a book. I've never cried in movies and i definitely never cry in front of people, but if there is anything that has moved me, it is this book.

I don't deny, its not probably the sort of book you read to kill time with and its not the sort of book that you can do light-reading with, but it is the sort of book that shows you that the life that we are living is so amazing Alhamdulillah, and the realization that our suffering is nothing in comparison to what a million people are suffering right now...

This book delves into the lives of two afghani women, and the torment and suffering they endure during their lives. While reading it, you realise how much pain a person can endure for the people they love and yet be able to survive all of that. It is very impressive and yet at the same time saddening that there can be so much suffering and torture, however at the same time, there is hope. A hope for a better future, a hope for a better life and always a hope that everything will be fine eventually...

Before i leave i'd like to end with this quote by Saib-e-Tabrizi,

"One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,

Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls"