# Quote — Yasmina Khadra, The Swallows of Kabul

> We lived in the shadows, our voices silenced by fear, until one day we realized that silence was no longer an option.

- Author: [Yasmina Khadra](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yasmina-khadra.md)
- Book: [The Swallows of Kabul](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yasmina-khadra/the-swallows-of-kabul.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yasmina_Khadra#The_Swallows_of_Kabul_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/yasmina-khadra/the-swallows-of-kabul/we-lived-in-the

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