The Only Use of
pallid
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
- She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed.†
p. 144.9
Definition:
abnormally pale (lacking healthy skin color); or anything that lacks energy or liveliness