"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.'"
“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