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The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.
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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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The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.
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So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one.
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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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The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined.
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As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling.
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You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
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I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!
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The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan culture and the artistic scene. The Taliban burned countless films, VCRs, music tapes, books, and paintings. They jailed filmmakers, musicians, painters, and sculptors.
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