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Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World QUOTES

1 " For that entire journey across the rough terrain of Afghanistan, I never stopped praying that everything of the world could be peaceful, that all lives might return to normal. I believe that wish is universal for every woman who is a mother.

For all the horrible happenings that have occurred since I left Afghanistan, I can only think and feel with my mother's heart. For every child lost, a mother's heart harbors the deepest pain. None can see our sons grow to men. None can see our daughters become mothers. No longer can we see the smiles on their faces, or wipe away their tears. My mother's heart feels the pain of every loss, weeping not only for my children, but for the lost children of every mother. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

2 " When we look back, it becomes clear that the acts and accomplishments of human beings are the signatures of history. Human signatures have created an enormous chasm between the joyeous light of the age of the Renaissance to the dark shadow of September 11, 2001. Those of us living on that fateful day experienced the lower depths of mankind. As an author, avid reader, world traveler, and person of enormous curiosity, my life experiences have taught me that discord often erupts from a lack of knowledge and education. To discourage future dark moments, I believe we must nourish the minds of our young with learning that creates understanding between ethnic and religious groups. Perhaps understanding will lead to a marvelous day when we take a last fleeting look at violence so harmful to so many. I sincerely believe that nothing will further the cause of peace more than the education of our young. I would like for readers to know that a percentage of the profits from the sale of this book will be devoted to the cause of education.

May all roads lead to peace. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

3 " I admit to a feeling of pride that my father had saved the day yet again, although I also thought that nothing would have been better for me personally than for the mullah to force my father's departure within the hour. Either way, I know now that nothing would have stopped my father from his Jihad. If he could not remain in Afghanistan, he would go to Pakistan. If Pakistan pulled the welcome mat, he would go to Yemen. If Yemen threw him out, he would journey to the middle of the most hostile desert where he would plot against the West. Violent Jihad was my father's life; nothing else really mattered. Nothing. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

4 " Saudi Arabia, and began having children, Osama bin Laden completed his high school education at the Al-Thager "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

5 " cloak. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

6 " I am nothing like my father. While he prays for war, I pray for peace.

And now we go our separate ways, each believing that we are right.

My father has made his choice, and I have made mine.

I am, at last, my own man.

I can live with that. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

7 " People are not born terrorists. Nor do they become terrorists in a single stroke. But step by step, like a farmer preparing a field for planting, their lives unfold in a pattern that leaves them prepared to receive the seedd of terrorism. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

8 " Life can be very perplexing. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

9 " I realized that sharing does not necessarily mean the giving of money or goods; there are times that the greatest gift is to set aside one’s own troubles and listen, to care about another’s heartache. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

10 " During these years of loss and sorrow, I have had to reconcile myself to the truth about my father, Osama bin Laden. I know now that since the first day of the first battle against the Soviets in Afghanistan, my father has been killing other humans. He admitted as much to me, back in those days when I was his tea boy in Afghanistan. I often wonder if my father has killed so many times that the act of killing no longer brings him pleasure or pain. I am nothing like my father. While he prays for war, I pray for peace. And now we go our separate ways, each believing that we are right. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

11 " To discourage future dark moments, I believe we must nourish the minds of our young with learning that creates understanding between ethnic and religious groups. "

― Jean Sasson , Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World