Deborah Rodriguez Quotes & Sayings

She wasn't sure who were family & who were friends, and maybe they all were both, and maybe it didn't matter one bit. — Deborah Rodriguez

Look what love does...This was the real Islam, the Islam of love, not hate. Muhammad would be proud. — Deborah Rodriguez

You will find that thing that makes you unafraid to die. That important thing that makes your life of value. — Deborah Rodriguez

It is the power of a girl with a book that is the best weapon for progress. (...) Because with educated women comes prosperity. And with our voices comes mercy. And with our strength comes change. — Deborah Rodriguez

I was tired. Tired of men, tired of moving, tired of being scared, tired of being confused. But who was I kissing? I'm not one to sit quietly, anywhere. — Deborah Rodriguez

The moon is made round by the right hand of God.
The moon is made crescent by His left.
But it is God's heart that makes my love for you forever. — Deborah Rodriguez

The eyes of a man betrayed his heart. — Deborah Rodriguez

Women are like tea bags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water. - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT — Deborah Rodriguez

himself up, and everything around him, two streets away. — Deborah Rodriguez

There is nothing the Americans can do. Their presence here only fuels the fire of the Taliban hatred. It's as if everybody thinks that Afghans are theirs for the taking. It's as if we're not real people with hearts and minds of our own. It's as if we're animals who need humans to shape us. By Muhammad, I know that if more of us had some education and could read, we would be a mighty force. We could rule our own lives. — Deborah Rodriguez

Shame does something to a man. It makes him forget those he loves. It makes a good man do bad things. — Deborah Rodriguez

I am rich, thank you very much. And you are excused for being shortsighted. It is Americans, you British, and all the other Westerners who think they know what's right and what's wrong, who make money from the sale of heroin and opium with one hand, and yet pay mullahs to preach that growing poppies is against the Koran with the other." He laughed. "Hypocrites all! — Deborah Rodriguez

It was as if you could see into the sky, through it's layers and into it's core. Layers of stars, translucent blanket upon blanket. The beauty was overwhelming. The wind blew her hair, and she willed herself to stop, to breathe, to feel. — Deborah Rodriguez

People, even those closest to you, are surprising...Nobody is everything they seem. — Deborah Rodriguez

out why or explore their options. Then she met Wakil. It was at a conference her husband had attended at the U.S. consulate in Afghanistan for — Deborah Rodriguez

These new people were her people. So what that she'd only recently met these women. In their hearts they were all the same: women yearning for rich lives, someone to love & someone to love them in return, friends to laugh with, drink with & cry with. — Deborah Rodriguez