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He knew I'd seen everything in that alley, that I'd stood there and done nothing. He knew that I'd betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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