How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She pictured herself in a classroom with other girls her age. Mariam longed to place a ruler on a page and draw important-looking lines. (1.3.26)
Education is not valued in Mariam's childhood home. As a result, she romanticizes the idea of learning. In truth, her lack of education is directly tied to the persecution she feels as a harami.
Quote #2
"[T]he husband fancies himself some kind of educated intellectual. But he's a mouse. Look at him. Doesn't he look like a mouse?" (1.12.13)
Rasheed's attitude towards the educated is part and parcel with the Taliban's. In his eyes, intelligence is tied to weakness in men. And women? Well, why would you even teach them in the first place?