Nadia Hashimi

When the Moon Is Low

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  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    Only as an adult can a child imagine his parent as a whole person, as a husband, a brother, or a son. Only then can a child see how his parent fits into the world beyond four walls.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    As children inch their way into adolescence, the parent changes. He is an authority, a source of answers, and a chastising voice. Depending on the day, he may be resented, emulated, questioned, or defied.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    It takes a lifetime to learn your parents. For children, parents are larger than life. They are strong arms that carry little ones, warm laps for sleepy heads, sources of food and wisdom. It’s as if parents were born on the same day as their children, having not existed a moment before.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    To be around family is to feel the possibility of growing roots again.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    Were it not for my children, I would be. For them, I cannot be finished yet
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    holds her tongue because she knows words mean nothing, accomplish nothing.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    N ENTIRE LIFETIME CAN CHANGE IN ONE AFTERNOON. THE rest of the world can continue on, unaware of a quiet, solitary cataclysm occurring a few feet away
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    Trust with caution and don’t get discouraged.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    Fate will make things right in the end, though only after the work has been done, the tears have been shed and the sleepless nights have been endured.
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