“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.”
-
the kite runner
