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And one more thing...You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab.

Khaled Hosseini

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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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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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Perhaps this is just punishment for those who have been heartless, to understand only when nothing can be undone.
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I wished I could be alone in my room, with my books, away from these people.
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I grew up with some kind of storytelling instinct, and when I write, my default setting is to find a story and then to tell it. It's the only way I know how to write.
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J’aurais dû être plus gentille—I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that.
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