Parvana's Journey Quotes

“I didn't create this world,” she said to herself. “I only have to live in it.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“A lazy brain does no one any good.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” she said slowly. “What’s a mockingbird?” Asif asked. Parvana didn’t know. “It’s like a...a chicken,” she said. “This book is about killing chickens.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey

“Grownups shouldn’t turn their backs on children.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“Grownups killing each other,”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey

“Tanks were normal. Bombs were normal. Why couldn’t eating be normal?”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“The world is our classroom,” he always said,”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“The little girl's voice was thin with pain. “They were so pretty,” she said. And then she died.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“The part of me that’s me is gone. I’m just part of this line of people. There’s no me left. I’m nothing.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey

“Grandmother was gone. The house was gone. Green Valley was gone.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey

“Your brain needs exercise, just like your body,” he said. “A lazy brain does no one any good.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“I didn’t create this world,” she said to herself. “I only have to live in it.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey

“The little girl’s voice was thin with pain. “They were so pretty,” she said. And then she died.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey

“a child shaking a woman on the ground who was not responding.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey

“They were so pretty,” she said. And then she died.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey

“You? Common sense?” Asif laughed.”
― Deborah Ellis, Parvana’s Journey