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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create.
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All good things in life are fragile and easily lost
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Life is a train, get on board.
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She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups.
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We [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] support and fund projects that bring jobs, healthcare, and education to women and children. In addition, we award scholarships to women pursuing higher education in Afghanistan.
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You’re not going to cry, are you? - I am not going to cry! Not over you. Not in a thousand years.
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Mostly, though, I dream of good things...I dream that flowers will bloom in the streets..again and music will play in the...houses and kites will fly in the skies.
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Writing for me is largely about rewriting.
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Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse in someone, I say, 'May God give you a restaurant.
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The finger cut, to save the hand.
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I returned to Afghanistan because I had a deep longing to see for myself how people lived, what they thought of their government, how optimistic they were about the future of their homeland.
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Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.
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America was different. America was a river, roarng along, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. Someplace with no ghosts, no memories, and no sins.
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In her smile, Idris sees how little of the world he has known, even at thirty-five years of age, its savageness, its cruelty, its boundless brutality.
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and yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had love and been loved back. she was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. a mother. a person of consequence at last.
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