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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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A stubborn ass needs a stubborn driver
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Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
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At last, she makes her choice. She turns around, drops her head, and walks toward a horizon she cannot see. After that, she does not look back anymore. She knows that if she does, she will weaken.
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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.
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Writing for me is largely about rewriting.
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I found myself sitting at the computer, and I thought I was going to write a kind of simple nostalgic story about two boys and their love of kite fighting. But stories have a will of their own, and this one turned out to be this dark tale about betrayal, loss, regret. The short story which was about 25 pages long sat around for a couple of years.
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I've read that if an avalanche buries you and you're lying there underneath all that snow, you can't tell which way is up or down. You want to dig yourself out but pick the wrong way, and you dig yourself to your own demise.
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At that moment, she cannot think of a more reckless, irrational thing than choosing to become a parent.
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Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything
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Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty. That was a little unsettling but also sort of comfortable to have someone who always knew what you needed.
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You don't order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them 'sister' the next.
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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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Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.
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And suddenly, just like that, hope became knowledge. I was going to win. It was just a matter of when.
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I have been a fan of comic books since childhood.
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I think novelists, when they write their books, end up having occasionally serving a purpose and playing roles that they never really fully either intended or even understood.
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One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.
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The bulk of our efforts [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] has focused on helping build permanent shelters for returning refugees who are homeless, living out in the open or in makeshift homes. This is an area of urgent need as Afghanistan's natural elements are quite harsh, with very hot summers, and freezing winters.
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Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.
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I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.
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