One Life Quotes

“For me, naturally, it was a matter of sink or swim. I was determined to swim, except that on occasion, I barely managed to keep my head above water.”
― Abdul Qayum Safi, One Life: An Afghan Remembers

“My journey into the wider world aboard an airplane was merely an extension of my aspirations for a better life, fraught with just as much anxiety about the unknown and the possibility of failure.”
― Abdul Qayum Safi, One Life: An Afghan Remembers

“My point is that any change that is positive needs to happen spontaneously, with the consent and approval of the people it is intended to benefit.”
― Abdul Qayum Safi, One Life: An Afghan Remembers

“No matter where one goes, he will always return to the children of his ancestors.”
― Abdul Qayum Safi, One Life: An Afghan Remembers

“If you dive for it, you will find it. Who says there is no pearls in the ocean?”
― Abdul Qayum Safi, One Life: An Afghan Remembers