Thousand splendid suns (page 41)

Mariam looked down at her hands.

"What's the sense tutoring a young lady like you? It resembles sparkling a spittoon. What's more, you'll realize nothing of significant worth in those schools. There is just a single, just a single ability a lady like you and me needs throughout everyday life, and they don't show it in school. Take a gander at me."

"You ought not talk like this to her, my kid,"

Mullah Faizullah said.

"Take a gander at me."

Mariam did.

"Just a single expertise. What's more, it's this: tahamul. Persevere."

"Continue what, Nana?"