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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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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!
Khaled Hosseini
There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, discrimination, ethnic inequality etc.
Khaled Hosseini
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.
Khaled Hosseini
Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.
Khaled Hosseini
Must have been quite the culture shock, going there.” “Yes it was.” Idris doesn’t say that the real culture shock has been in coming back.
Khaled Hosseini
Blood is a powerful thing
Khaled Hosseini
There are so many orgizations that do amazing work. I represent not only my own foundation, but the UN Refugee Agency, which has been around since 1951, and has helped 30 million refugees around the world.
Khaled Hosseini
Kabul was very popular with the hippies in the Sixties and Seventies. It was very quiet and peaceful.
Khaled Hosseini
At the time we are focusing our efforts primarily on building shelters for refugees. Homelessness in Afghanistan is a huge problem.
Khaled Hosseini
But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.
Khaled Hosseini
Writing for me is largely about rewriting.
Khaled Hosseini
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.
Khaled Hosseini
I think he loved us equally, but differently.
Khaled Hosseini
If culture was a house, then language was the key to the front door, [and] to all rooms inside.
Khaled Hosseini
People say that eyes are windows to the soul.
Khaled Hosseini
There [in The Kite Runner] certainly are, as is always the case with fiction, autobiographical elements woven through the narrative.
Khaled Hosseini
They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.
Khaled Hosseini
I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted skies, but also the many struggles, conflicts, and emotional highs and lows of Amir's journey [from the The Kite Runner].
Khaled Hosseini
I have been a fan of comic books since childhood.
Khaled Hosseini
Air grew heavy, damp, almost solid. I was breathing bricks.
Khaled Hosseini